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Tuusula

Located in Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa Coordinates: 60°26′54″ N 25°00′49″ E

Map showing the location of Tuusula Tuusula
Location in Finland
Population
37,214
37.2K
Elevation
49 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+02:00
Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
Places inside
4
listed under Tuusula
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
HEL Helsinki Vantaa Airport15 km
TLL Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport116 km

About Tuusula

Tuusula is a municipality. Location: Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa. Population: 37,214. Elevation: 49 m.

From Wikipedia

Tuusula (Finnish: [ˈtuːsulɑ]; Swedish: Tusby [ˈtʉːsby]) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Tuusula is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region. The population of Tuusula is approximately 42,000. It is the 27th most populous municipality in Finland and the second most populous municipality without city status (Finnish: kaupunki) after Nurmijärvi. Tuusula is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area, which has approximately 1.62 million inhabitants.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1643
Area
220 km²
Official website
tuusula.fi

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Tuusula

From Wikivoyage

Tuusula (Swedish: Tusby) is in Uusimaa. The administrative centre is the urban area of Hyrylä (Swedish: Skavaböle).

Understand+

Tuusula is a suburban municipality, around 30 km north of Helsinki, made up of urban areas and villages. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Lake Tuusula (Tusby träsk) was a popular destination for Finnish painters and other artists, who had their homes or summer cottages along the shores of the lake. Some of these have been turned into museums.

Tuusula is a rural municipality with a long history, and formerly included the towns of 1 Kerava and 2 Järvenpää. Since the 1960s, the population has grown significantly along with the rest of the region around the capital. In the last decades, Tuusula has become popular with families moving out from Helsinki to single-family homes in the urban areas and countryside.

Get in+

See Helsinki#Get around for information about HSL public transport fares and tickets, which applies for most trains and buses in the capital region.

There are frequent buses from central Helsinki, Vantaa and Kerava to Hyrylä.

The urban area of Jokela has a 1 railway station with local trains from Helsinki and Hyvinkää.

With car from Helsinki and Vantaa, follow highway 45 to get to Hyrylä. From the direction of Hämeenlinna, use highway 3 and turn to this road in the southern outskirts of Hämeenlinna, or to road 139 by Nurmijärvi. From Lahti, use highway 4 until Järvenpää or Kerava.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Places bordering Tuusula

  • Vantaa
  • Hyvinkää
  • Järvenpää
  • Kerava
  • Nurmijärvi
  • Sipoo

Twin towns and sister cities of Tuusula

  • Vinni vald· Estonia

Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.

Population of Tuusula over time

Population of Tuusula over time
2008 36,386
2009 36,766
2010 37,214
2011 37,667
2012 37,936
2013 38,125
2014 38,198
2015 38,459
2016 38,588
2017 38,646
2023 41,338
2024 41,475

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Tuusula

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 73 mm

Hottest month
July (day 22°)
Coldest month
February (night -10°)
Wettest month
August (80 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
Climate of Tuusula
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-3°-3°1°7°16°20°22°20°14°8°2°-1°
Average low (°C)-9°-10°-6°-1°4°9°12°10°6°2°-3°-7°
Precipitation (mm)513640383550718068737358

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Tuusula

The nearest airport is Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL), 15 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Tallinn, 114 km to the south.

Airports

  • Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL) Helsinki (Vantaa) 15 kmsouth
  • Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL) Tallinn 116 kmsouth
  • Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (TMP) Tampere / Pirkkala 132 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Tallinn Population: 394K 114 kmsouth
  • Riga Population: 742.6K 394 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Tuusula

Within 100 km: 23 historic and cultural sites, 19 natural sites, 64 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km5 places

  • Taaborinvuori Mountain 9 kmW
  • Vantaa River 18 kmS
  • Luhtajoki River 16 kmW
  • Tuusulanjärvi Lake 2 kmE

25–60 km62 places

  • Kuusisaari Island 30 kmS
  • Kråkö Island 37 kmE
  • Vartiosaari Island 30 kmS
  • Fölisholmen Island 35 kmS

60–100 km39 places

  • Prangli Saar Island 91 kmS
  • Aegna Saar Island 98 kmS
  • Mohni Island 97 kmSE
  • Rammu Island 98 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Places in Tuusula

4 places
  1. 1 Tuusula 42.6K
  2. 2 Jokela 6.5K
  3. 3 Kellokoski 4.3K

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

Cities & villages1

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources