- Population
- 30,500
- 30.5K
- Elevation
- 125 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+02:00
- Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
- Places inside
- 3
- listed under Ylöjärvi
- Airports
- TMP Tampere-Pirkkala Airport48 km
- POR Pori Airport105 km
About Ylöjärvi
Ylöjärvi is a municipality. Location: Tampere, Pirkanmaa. Population: 30,500. Elevation: 125 m.
Ylöjärvi (Finnish: [ˈyløˌjærʋi]) is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the west of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Ylöjärvi is approximately 34,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 428,000. It is the 35th most populous municipality in Finland, and the fourth largest in the Pirkanmaa region after Tampere, Nokia, and Kangasala.
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Travel notes for Ylöjärvi
From Wikivoyage
Ylöjärvi is a municipality and town in Pirkanmaa in the Finnish Lakeland.
Understand+
Ylöjärvi lies on the western shore of the lake Näsijärvi, to the north-west from Tampere.
The main centre of Ylöjärvi, namesake of the municipality, is part of the Tampere urban area. Viljakkala, 26 km to the north-west, lies close to Hämeenkyrö centre. Kuru, with its former parish village 40 km to the north, was merged to Ylöjärvi in 2009. Länsi- and Itä-Aure are 20 km north-west from Kuru.
Get in+
National road 3 (part of E12) between Vaasa and Tampere runs through Ylöjärvi centre. Road 11 from Pori in the west leads through Nokia just south of Ylöjärvi. Road 65 leads from Tampere through Ylöjärvi and Kuru to Virrat, from where roads 66 and 68 continue northward.
By bus:
There are coach services from Helsinki, Seinäjoki, Tampere and Vaasa. The main stop for the centre is Kumitie. Kuru has connections from Parkano in school days.
Buses of Tampere also serve Ylöjärvi, see Tampere#Get around.
By taxi:
Taksi Tampere, Menevä, iTaksi: see Tampere#By taxi
Smartphone apps: Valopilkku, 02 Taksi
Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged
Places bordering Ylöjärvi
- Hämeenkyrö
- Ikaalinen
- Kihniö
- Nokia
- Parkano
- Ruovesi
- Tampere
- Virrat
Twin towns and sister cities of Ylöjärvi
- Saku vald· Estonia
- Balatonföldvár· Hungary
Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.
Population of Ylöjärvi over time
| 2008 | 29,762 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 30,175 | |
| 2010 | 30,500 | |
| 2011 | 30,942 | |
| 2012 | 31,515 | |
| 2013 | 31,743 | |
| 2014 | 32,260 | |
| 2015 | 32,738 | |
| 2016 | 32,799 | |
| 2017 | 32,878 | |
| 2023 | 33,677 | |
| 2024 | 33,653 |
Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.
Climate of Ylöjärvi
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 1° · Night -4° · Rain 60 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -11°)
- Wettest month
- July (84 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) | -4° | -4° | 1° | 7° | 15° | 20° | 21° | 19° | 13° | 7° | 1° | -2° |
| Average low (°C) | -11° | -11° | -7° | -3° | 3° | 8° | 10° | 9° | 4° | 1° | -4° | -8° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 45 | 33 | 40 | 38 | 37 | 60 | 84 | 80 | 69 | 61 | 60 | 51 |
How to get to Ylöjärvi
The nearest airport is Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (TMP), 48 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Tallinn, 276 km to the south.
Airports
- Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (TMP) Tampere / Pirkkala 48 kmsouth
- Pori Airport (POR) Pori 105 kmsouthwest
- Jyväskylä Airport (JYV) Jyväskylän Maalaiskunta 124 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Tallinn Population: 394K 276 kmsouth
- Umeå Population: 130.2K 279 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Ylöjärvi
Within 100 km: 1 historic or cultural site, 9 natural sites, 50 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km3 places
- Näsijärvi Lake 18 kmSE
- Seitsemisen Kansallispuisto Natural site 14 kmNW
- Helvetinjärven Kansallispuisto Natural site 23 kmNE
25–60 km22 places
- Häädetkeidas Strict Nature Reserve Natural site 50 kmNW
- Kari Island 46 kmN
- Vaskivesi Lake 35 kmN
- Nerkoonjärvi Lake 40 kmNW
60–100 km35 places
- Pihlajavesi Lake 67 kmNE
- Keurusselkä Lake 66 kmNE
- Kangasjärvi Lake 91 kmNW
- Rautavesi Lake 62 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Places in Ylöjärvi
3 placesBar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Seitsemisen Kansallispuisto Natural site, Pirkanmaa14 km NW
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Helvetinjärven Kansallispuisto Natural site, Pirkanmaa23 km NE
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Näsijärvi Lake, Pirkanmaa18 km SE
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources