- Population
- 2,958
- 3K
- Elevation
- 39 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+02:00
- Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
- Places inside
- 2
- listed under Sauvo
- Airports
- TKU Turku Airport31 km
- HEL Helsinki Vantaa Airport125 km
About Sauvo
Sauvo is a municipality. Location: Turku, Southwest Finland. Population: 2,958. Elevation: 39 m.
Sauvo (Finnish: [ˈsɑu̯ʋo]; Swedish: Sagu) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 2,957 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 299.47 square kilometres (115.63 sq mi) of which 47.21 km2 (18.23 sq mi) is water. The population density is 11.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (30/sq mi). Like many waterside areas near major population centres, Sauvo's population increases every summer because of summer cottage usage.
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Travel notes for Sauvo
From Wikivoyage
Sauvo is a rural municipality in Finland Proper, by the Archipelago Sea.
Understand+
Sauvo occupies a peninsula of the mainland, south of Paimio and south-west of Salo, by the innermost part of the Archipelago Sea. Sounds separate it from Perniö to the south-east, Kimitoön to the south (connected by bridge), Pargas to the west and Piikiö to the north-west.
The municipality has some 3,000 inhabitants. Most shores are full of summer cottages, increasing the population significantly in summer.
Karuna in the south-west was an independent municipality 1869–1969. It was officially bilingual with Swedish until 1933 – Pargas and Kimitoön still have Swedish-speaking majorities.
Get in+
The main road to Sauvo is road 181, with junctions in Paimio from highways 1 (E18) and 110 between Helsinki and Turku. The road continues to Kimitoön and thus buses to Kimitoön pass the parish village of Sauvo (see Matkahuolto for the services). There are also smaller roads from Salo (Halikko). Road 181 is Sauvontie from the highway to the municipal border, where it changes names to Sauvon-Kemiöntie; Sauvontie in Sauvo is a road in the centre.
In 2023, road 181 is being reworked in and near the centre, so you may have to use (signposted) longer alternative routes.
The parish village is compact, but for other locations you will want to have a bike or car. The coaches are usable along Sauvon-Kemiöntie, if their timetables happen to suit you.
Locations at the shores, including Karuna, are reachable by boat (arriving from the west, note the bridge works in Rävsundet 2023–2025). The parish village, in the middle of the peninsula, is 6 km from the sea. There is a small archipelago off Karuna and a few islands in the sounds, but otherwise Sauvo is a mainland municipality.
By taxi:
Taksi Timo Kaskinen, ☏ +358 500-743-606, taksi.sauvo@gmail.com. (updated Oct 2021)
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Places bordering Sauvo
- Pargas
- Paimio
- Salo
- Kimitoön
- Kaarina
Population of Sauvo over time
| 2007 | 2,950 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3,027 | |
| 2009 | 3,040 | |
| 2010 | 3,045 | |
| 2011 | 3,043 | |
| 2012 | 3,033 | |
| 2013 | 3,032 | |
| 2014 | 3,045 | |
| 2015 | 3,019 | |
| 2016 | 3,047 | |
| 2017 | 3,007 | |
| 2023 | 2,974 |
Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.
Climate of Sauvo
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 3° · Night -2° · Rain 71 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -10°)
- Wettest month
- July (78 mm)
- Driest month
- May (35 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) | -2° | -2° | 2° | 7° | 15° | 20° | 21° | 20° | 14° | 9° | 3° | 0° |
| Average low (°C) | -8° | -10° | -6° | -1° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 10° | 6° | 2° | -2° | -6° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 51 | 36 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 51 | 78 | 78 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 63 |
How to get to Sauvo
The nearest airport is Turku Airport (TKU), 31 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Tallinn, 153 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Turku Airport (TKU) Turku 31 kmnorthwest
- Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL) Helsinki (Vantaa) 125 kmeast
- Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (TMP) Tampere / Pirkkala 129 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- Tallinn Population: 394K 153 kmsoutheast
- Stockholm Population: 1.5M 283 kmwest
- Sollentuna Population: 139.6K 285 kmwest
- Västerås Population: 127.8K 353 kmwest
- Riga Population: 742.6K 387 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Sauvo
Within 100 km: 3 historic and cultural sites, 11 natural sites, 48 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km1 place
- Salonjoki River 21 kmE
25–60 km23 places
- Kakskerta Island 27 kmW
- Ruissalo Island 32 kmW
- Väski Island 43 kmW
- Rymättylä Island 42 kmW
60–100 km38 places
- Utö Island 97 kmSW
- Själö Island 85 kmW
- Iniö Island 73 kmW
- Hiidenvesi Lake 83 kmE
Straight-line distances.
Places in Sauvo
2 placesBar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Cities & villages1
- Karuna · Village
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources