Vantaa, Helsinki sub-region — Population, elevation and map

About Vantaa

Vantaa is a municipality. Location: Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa. Population: 239,216. Elevation: 35 m.

From Wikipedia

Vantaa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑntɑː]; Swedish: Vanda, Finland Swedish: [ˈvɑnːdɑ]) is a city in Finland. It is located to the north of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population of Vantaa is approximately 253,000. It is the 4th most populous municipality in Finland. Vantaa is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately 1.6 million inhabitants. The administrative centre of Vantaa is located in the Tikkurila district.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built: 1428
Area: 238 km²
Official website: vantaa.fi

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Vantaa

From Wikivoyage

Vantaa (Swedish: Vanda) is in the Uusimaa region in southern Finland, right north of Helsinki. Part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, it is the fourth most populous city in Finland with about 240,000 inhabitants as of 2021.

Understand+

Like Espoo, Vantaa is basically an extension of Helsinki, despite having a huge population by Finnish measures. It does not have a proper city centre: Vantaa's administrative centre is in the district of Tikkurila (Swedish: Dickursby), and other districts that can be considered local "centres" are Myyrmäki (Swedish: Myrbacka) in the west, Kivistö in the north-west and Korso in the north-east.

Quite few of the inhabitants have any connections to the rural landscapes and villages left from the old Helsinge (renamed Vantaa in 1972). Best known as the city where Helsinki's airport is located, you will also find various parks and farms you can visit there, as well as the beautiful medieval Church of St. Lawrence and a couple of interesting museums, notably the science centre Heureka. Depending on your interests, also the complex of the Jumbo mall and Flamingo hotel and entertainment centre can keep you busy for a couple of hours at least.

Helsinki Airport, located in the middle of northern Vantaa, takes up a large part of the city's area and effectively splits the rest of Vantaa in two parts, the Myyrmäki-Martinlaakso area in the west and the Tikkurila area in the east. The Ring Rail (Finnish: Kehärata) railway line connects all three areas together with the neighbouring city of Helsinki.

Local information:

City of Vantaa website

Get in+

By plane:

The city is indeed accessible by air, as Finland's main airport is in Vantaa:

1 Helsinki Airport (HEL IATA)

There are buses from the airport to different parts of Vantaa, or you can take the commuter train to the public transport traffic hubs Tikkurila (for eastern Vantaa) or Myyrmäki (for western Vantaa).

By train:

The main railway north from Helsinki goes through eastern Vantaa. In addition to several local train stations, all long distance trains to the north and east, including the ones to Russia, stop at 2 Tikkurila Railway Station. . If you are heading for the western parts of Vantaa, you can take the local train line "I", which stops at 3 Myyrmäki Railway Station. and also continues to Helsinki–Vantaa Airport via 4 Kivistö Railway Station. .

By car:

Highways 3, 4 (E75), 45 and 7 out of Helsinki go through Vantaa and the main east-western road is the third Helsinki ring road (Kehä III), which is mostly part of the E18 route. In the morning and afternoon rush hours traffic on it can get quite busy and in the winter a heavy snowfall or a larger accident due to the often over-frozen road surface can block the traffic completely.

By bus:

From Helsinki several local buses go to Vantaa, and there are some lines directly from Espoo too. The Journey Planner of the Helsinki region public transport authority (HSL) is an excellent tool to find out which bus you should take from one address to another. Some larger cities in southern Finland also have a direct connection to Helsinki airport.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Places bordering Vantaa

Espoo
Helsinki
Sipoo
Kerava
Tuusula
Nurmijärvi

Twin towns and sister cities of Vantaa

Frankfurt (Oder)· Germany
Salgótarján· Hungary

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

Population of Vantaa over time

Population of Vantaa over time
2007		192,522
2008		195,397
2010		200,055
2011		203,001
2012		205,312
2013		208,098
2014		210,803
2015		214,605
2016		219,341
2017		223,027
2023		247,443
2024		248,199

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Vantaa

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 3° · Night -2° · Rain 70 mm

Hottest month: July (day 21°)
Coldest month: February (night -9°)
Wettest month: August (78 mm)
Driest month: May (33 mm)

-2° -8°

-3° -9°

1° -5°

7° -1°

15° 5°

19° 10°

21° 13°

20° 11°

14° 7°

8° 3°

3° -2°

0° -6°

Jan

47

Feb

35

Mar

39

Apr

37

May

33

Jun

48

Jul

68

Aug

78

Sep

66

Oct

75

Nov

70

Dec

58

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 Vantaa
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	-2°	-3°	1°	7°	15°	19°	21°	20°	14°	8°	3°	0°
Average low (°C)	-8°	-9°	-5°	-1°	5°	10°	13°	11°	7°	3°	-2°	-6°
Precipitation (mm)	47	35	39	37	33	48	68	78	66	75	70	58

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Vantaa

The nearest airport is Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL), 2 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Tallinn, 98 km to the south.

Airports

Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL) Helsinki (Vantaa) 2 kmnorthwest
Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL) Tallinn 100 kmsouth
Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (TMP) Tampere / Pirkkala 144 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Tallinn Population: 394K 98 kmsouth
Riga Population: 742.6K 378 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Vantaa

Within 100 km: 26 historic and cultural sites, 30 natural sites, 78 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km54 places

Kuusisaari Island 15 kmSW
Vartiosaari Island 15 kmS
Fölisholmen Island 20 kmSW
Vallisaari Island 19 kmS

25–60 km17 places

Kråkö Island 38 kmE
Mäkiluoto Island 56 kmSW
Lojosjö Lake 57 kmW
Krejansberget Mountain 45 kmW

60–100 km63 places

Prangli Saar Island 76 kmS
Aegna Saar Island 82 kmS
Mohni Island 84 kmSE
Rammu Island 83 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Places in Vantaa

23 places

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

Cities & villages7

Haltiala · Village
Helsinginpitäjä · Neighbourhood
Kartanonkoski · Neighbourhood
Pähkinärinne · Village
Seutula · Village
Sotunki · Village
Vantaankoski · Village

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Vantaa River, Uusimaa
2.7 km S
Keravanjoki River, Uusimaa
4.9 km S
Helsinki Halli Landmark, Helsinki
12 km S
Olympic Stadium Landmark, Helsinki
14 km S
Uspensky Cathedral Attraction, Helsinki
16 km S
Vantaa River River, Finland
11 km S
Old Church Attraction, Helsinki
16 km S
Helsinki Ice Stadium Landmark, Helsinki
14 km S

Vantaa

Helsinki Municipality, Helsinki sub-region
15 km S
Kerava Municipality, Helsinki sub-region
12 km NE
Espoo Municipality, Helsinki sub-region
19 km W
Kauniainen Municipality, Helsinki sub-region
18 km SW
Tuusula Municipality, Helsinki sub-region
16 km N
Kannelmäki Town, Helsinki
9.2 km SW