Skip to content
Geonivora
Region

Uusimaa

Located in Finland Coordinates: 60°25′00″ N 24°45′00″ E

Map showing the location of Uusimaa Uusimaa
Location in Finland
Population
1,723,000
1.7M
Elevation
78 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+02:00
Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
Places inside
35
listed under Uusimaa
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
HEL Helsinki Vantaa Airport16 km
TLL Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport112 km

About Uusimaa

Uusimaa is a region. Location: Finland. Population: 1,723,000. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Helsinki Vantaa Airport (16 km).

Travel notes for Uusimaa

From Wikivoyage

Uusimaa (Swedish: Nyland) is a region along the coast in Southern Finland, with hundreds of islands, some big lakes and inland countryside. The Finnish capital Helsinki is in central Uusimaa.

Get in+

If you are arriving in Finland by air or sea you will likely arrive in Helsinki, where the largest airport and several major harbors are located.

Nearly all passenger airports in Finland have a flight to Helsinki Airport (for many of them it is the only destination), Helsinki is one of Europe's busiest passenger port cities, and most longer train lines of Finland end there. Direct buses connect it with all larger cities in the country, and to get there from the smaller ones you would usually have to transfer just once. For other destinations in Uusimaa trains and buses usually stop on their way to Helsinki in cities along the route; it is for instance possible to get off in Porvoo if you're coming from east or in Järvenpää if you're coming from north – otherwise you often need to transfer in Helsinki.

There are railways into the region, see Get around below.

A few European roads lead to Helsinki: E12 leads from Norway's coast through Vaasa (following the Blue Highway at that leg); E18 comes in from Stockholm in the west and from Saint Petersburg in the east; E67 (Via Baltica) ends in Tallinn, with several car ferries to Helsinki; E75 comes in from northern Norway and continues south-west by a non-existent ferry connection. National roads 1–7 lead to Helsinki: Highway 1 from Turku (E18), Highway 2 from Pori, Highway 3 from Vaasa (E12), Highway 4 from the north via Tampere (E75), Highway 5 from the north via Mikkeli, Highway 6 from the north-east via Kouvola, and Highway 7 from the east via Kotka (E18).

The EuroVelo tour cycling route EV 10 (Baltic Sea Route/Hansa Circuit) leads more or less along the coast from east to west, along cycleways or smaller roads. From the Russian border to Turku it is developed and marked, but not yet certified.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Climate of Uusimaa

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 71 mm

Hottest month
July (day 21°)
Coldest month
February (night -10°)
Wettest month
August (80 mm)
Driest month
May (34 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
Climate of Uusimaa
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-3°-3°1°7°15°20°21°19°14°8°2°-1°
Average low (°C)-9°-10°-6°-1°4°9°12°10°6°2°-3°-7°
Precipitation (mm)503640373450728066747159

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Uusimaa

The nearest airport is Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL), 16 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Tallinn, 109 km to the south.

Airports

  • Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL) Helsinki (Vantaa) 16 kmsoutheast
  • Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL) Tallinn 112 kmsouth
  • Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (TMP) Tampere / Pirkkala 127 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Tallinn Population: 394K 109 kmsouth
  • Riga Population: 742.6K 388 kmsouth
  • Stockholm Population: 1.5M 393 kmwest
  • Sollentuna Population: 139.6K 396 kmwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Places in Uusimaa

35 places
  1. 1 Helsinki sub-region 1.6M
  2. 2 Raseborg 43.7K
  3. 3 Lehtisaari 1.2K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Countries & regions2

Mountains & nature9

Lakes, rivers & coasts21

Largest cities and towns

  • Helsinki Municipality, Helsinki sub-region
    658.9K
  • Espoo Municipality, Helsinki sub-region
    256.8K
  • Vantaa Municipality, Helsinki sub-region
    239.2K
  • Nurmijärvi Municipality, Helsinki sub-region
    44.1K
  • Porvoo Municipality, Porvoo
    51.1K
  • East Helsinki Neighbourhood, Helsinki
    170.6K
  • Kirkkonummi Municipality, Helsinki sub-region
    40.4K
  • Järvenpää Municipality, Helsinki sub-region
    45.2K

Nature and heritage in Uusimaa

Sources & licences

Data last updated: