- Population
- 9,250
- 9.2K
- Elevation
- 117 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+02:00
- Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
- Places inside
- 2
- listed under Lapinlahti
- Airports
- KUO Kuopio Airport41 km
- KAJ Kajaani Airport106 km
About Lapinlahti
Lapinlahti is a municipality. Location: Ylä-Savo, Northern Savonia. Population: 9,250. Elevation: 117 m.
Lapinlahti (Finnish: [ˈlɑpinˌlɑhti]; Swedish: Lapinlahti, also Lapinlax) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Northern Savo region, located 59 kilometres (37 mi) north of the city of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of 8,803 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 1,245.16 square kilometres (480.76 sq mi) of which 148.58 km2 (57.37 sq mi) is water. The population density is 8.03 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.8/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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Travel notes for Lapinlahti
From Wikivoyage
Lapinlahti is a town and municipality in North Savonia.
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By train:
Trains on the Savonia line (one of Finland's two major north-south lines) stop in Lapinlahti. Trains come in from Kuopio and Iisalmi but sometimes as far as from Helsinki or Rovaniemi.
1 Lapinlahti railway station (Lapinlahden rautatieasema), Asematie 24. (updated Nov 2026)
By bus:
There are buses from Iisalmi and Kuopio, but also from as far as Helsinki, Oulu and Joensuu.
By car:
Lapinlahti is next to Highway 5 between Kuopio and Iisalmi.
Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged
Places bordering Lapinlahti
- Iisalmi
- Kuopio
- Rautavaara
- Siilinjärvi
- Sonkajärvi
Population of Lapinlahti over time
| 2007 | 7,519 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7,559 | |
| 2009 | 7,525 | |
| 2010 | 10,412 | |
| 2011 | 10,386 | |
| 2012 | 10,289 | |
| 2013 | 10,176 | |
| 2014 | 10,129 | |
| 2015 | 9,982 | |
| 2016 | 9,882 | |
| 2017 | 9,692 | |
| 2023 | 8,975 |
Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.
Climate of Lapinlahti
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day -1° · Night -5° · Rain 55 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -13°)
- Wettest month
- August (85 mm)
- Driest month
- February (33 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | -6° | -6° | 0° | 5° | 14° | 19° | 21° | 18° | 12° | 5° | -1° | -5° |
| Average low (°C) | -13° | -13° | -8° | -3° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 10° | 5° | 0° | -5° | -11° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 42 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 44 | 66 | 81 | 85 | 63 | 57 | 55 | 47 |
How to get to Lapinlahti
The nearest airport is Kuopio Airport (KUO), 41 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Umeå, 361 km to the west.
Airports
- Kuopio Airport (KUO) Kuopio / Siilinjärvi 41 kmsoutheast
- Kajaani Airport (KAJ) Kajaani 106 kmnorth
- Joensuu Airport (JOE) Joensuu 134 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Umeå Population: 130.2K 361 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Lapinlahti
Within 100 km: 1 historic or cultural site, 3 natural sites, 44 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km3 places
- Onkivesi Lake 9 kmSW
- Pieni Maaninkajärvi Lake 24 kmSW
- Maaninkajärvi Lake 22 kmSW
25–60 km17 places
- Porovesi Lake 28 kmNW
- Kiuruvesi Lake 48 kmNW
- Koivujärvi Lake 49 kmSW
- Lahi Island 44 kmS
60–100 km28 places
- Näläntöjärvi Lake 70 kmNW
- Iso Lamujärvi Lake 94 kmNW
- Nuasjärvi Lake 98 kmN
- Sorsavesi Lake 96 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Places in Lapinlahti
2 placesBar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Onkivesi Lake, Northern Savonia8.7 km SW
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Maaninkajärvi Lake, Northern Savonia22 km SW
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Pieni Maaninkajärvi Lake, Northern Savonia24 km SW
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources