# Living in Helsinki, Finland

> Open, sourced figures for Helsinki: take-home pay, monthly costs, who may live there, climate, air, safety and health. Figures as of 2026-11-05. Canonical page: https://borgo.abcastor.com/city/helsinki-fi/

## Key facts

- Helsinki has about 658,864 residents (GeoNames).
- On a gross salary of €60,000 a year, an employee in Helsinki takes home about €42,379 a year (€3,532 a month) after income tax and employee contributions, an effective rate of 29.4% (Finland 2026 rules).
- A one-bedroom home in Helsinki rents for about €950 a month (city figure; Rents of dwellings (Statistics Finland table 15fc), Statistics Finland, 2026Q3).
- In Helsinki the average daily high (air temperature in the shade) peaks at 21.7 °C in July and the average daily low falls to −6.1 °C in February (Historical weather (ERA5 reanalysis), Open-Meteo, 2021-2025).
- Helsinki has about 23 nice days a year, days that are dry, mostly clear and feel 18 to 30 °C on average from 8 am to 8 pm, most of them in July (9) (Historical weather (ERA5 reanalysis), Open-Meteo, 2021-2025).
- Between 2021 and 2025 the air in Helsinki reached 30.0 °C at its hottest and −25.8 °C at its coldest (Historical weather (ERA5 reanalysis), Open-Meteo).
- It rains or snows (at least 1 mm) on about 143 days a year in Helsinki (Historical weather (ERA5 reanalysis), Open-Meteo, 2021-2025).
- The shortest day in Helsinki lasts 5 h 49 min and the longest 18 h 56 min (computed from latitude).
- Fine dust (PM2.5) in Helsinki averages 5.4 µg/m³ a year, 1.1 times the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³ (WHO Ambient Air Quality Database v8.0 (2026), World Health Organization, 2024).
- Everyday prices in Finland sit at 90.6 on an index where the United States is 100 (World Development Indicators, World Bank, 2025).
- Life expectancy at birth in Finland is 82.3 years (World Development Indicators, World Bank, 2024).
- Finland records 0.98 intentional homicides per 100,000 people a year (World Development Indicators, World Bank, 2023).
- Besides citizens of Finland, citizens of 29 other countries under EU and EEA free movement and of Switzerland (Swiss-EU free movement) can live and work in Helsinki without a visa.

## Take-home pay (Finland, 2026 rules)

| Gross a year | Take-home a year | A month | Effective rate |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| €30,000 | €25,275 | €2,106 | 15.7% |
| €60,000 | €42,379 | €3,532 | 29.4% |
| €100,000 | €62,784 | €5,232 | 37.2% |

Employee aged 18-64, no church membership: state income tax, municipal tax (Helsinki's rate), health insurance contributions, earned income credit, employee pension and unemployment contributions, Yle tax. Sources: [Finlex: Laki vuoden 2026 tuloveroasteikosta (1140/2025)](https://opendata.finlex.fi/finlex/avoindata/v1/akn/fi/act/statute/2025/1140/fin@), [Finlex: Laki tuloverolain muuttamisesta (1141/2025), §§ 106 and 125](https://opendata.finlex.fi/finlex/avoindata/v1/akn/fi/act/statute/2025/1141/fin@), [Finlex: Valtioneuvoston asetus sairausvakuutusmaksujen maksuprosenteista vuonna 2026 (1026/2025)](https://opendata.finlex.fi/finlex/avoindata/v1/akn/fi/act/statute/2025/1026/fin@), [Verohallinto: ennakonpidätyksen laskentaperusteet 2026 (pension 7.30%, unemployment 0.89%, deductions)](https://www.vero.fi/syventavat-vero-ohjeet/paatokset/47363/verohallinnon-paatos-ennakonpidatysprosenttien-laskentaperusteista-palkkatuloa-varten-ja-ennakonkannossa-maarattavan-ennakkoveron-laskentaperusteista-vuodelle-2026/), [Verohallinto: kuntien tuloveroprosentit 2026 (Helsinki 5.30%)](https://www.vero.fi/syventavat-vero-ohjeet/paatokset/47465/kuntien-ja-seurakuntien-tuloveroprosentit-vuonna-2026/).

## A month on the reference profile

Assumed: one person, €60,000 gross a year, a one-bedroom home, everyday spending of €1,200 a month in Lisbon scaled by each country's price level.

- Take-home pay: €3,532
- Rent: €950 (Rents of dwellings (Statistics Finland table 15fc), 2026Q3)
- Everyday spending: €1,675
- Health care, out of pocket: €58
- Left each month: €849

## Who can live and work here without a visa

- Citizens of Finland
- Citizens of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway (EU and EEA free movement; source: [Directive 2004/38/EC and the EEA Agreement](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2004/38/oj))
- Citizens of Switzerland (Swiss-EU free movement; source: [Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons (EU-Switzerland)](https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/fza_schweiz-eu-efta.html))

## Climate (Historical weather (ERA5 reanalysis), 2021-2025)

| Month | High °C (air) | Low °C (air) | Lowest °C | Highest °C | Nice days | Wet days | Daylight |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Jan | −0.9 | −6.0 | −25.8 | 5.3 | 0 | 16.0 | 6 h 36 min |
| Feb | −1.1 | −6.1 | −19.3 | 6.1 | 0 | 10.2 | 8 h 56 min |
| Mar | 2.3 | −3.5 | −16.5 | 9.9 | 0 | 9.4 | 11 h 43 min |
| Apr | 7.2 | 0.2 | −8.1 | 16.8 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 h 34 min |
| May | 13.4 | 5.6 | −1.8 | 24.9 | 1 | 9.0 | 17 h 16 min |
| Jun | 19.4 | 11.9 | 4.1 | 27.4 | 6 | 10.6 | 18 h 53 min |
| Jul | 21.7 | 14.9 | 8.9 | 30.0 | 9 | 12.4 | 18 h 03 min |
| Aug | 19.8 | 13.8 | 6.8 | 26.3 | 6 | 14.6 | 15 h 34 min |
| Sep | 15.6 | 10.2 | 2.8 | 22.5 | 1 | 9.6 | 12 h 44 min |
| Oct | 9.8 | 5.4 | −3.8 | 15.1 | 0 | 13.4 | 9 h 54 min |
| Nov | 4.5 | 0.8 | −10.6 | 13.4 | 0 | 13.4 | 7 h 20 min |
| Dec | 0.3 | −4.0 | −15.9 | 7.6 | 0 | 14.4 | 5 h 51 min |

Nice days: dry, mostly clear and feeling 18 to 30 °C on average from 8 am to 8 pm. Lowest and highest: the extremes of 2021-2025.

## Every figure

| Figure | Value | Period | Level | Source | Licence |
|---|---:|---|---|---|---|
| Rent, one bedroom | €950 a month | 2026Q3 | city | [Rents of dwellings (Statistics Finland table 15fc)](https://pxdata.stat.fi/PxWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__asvu/statfin_asvu_pxt_15fc.px/) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Childcare fees, one child | €3,732 a year | 2026 | Finland-wide | [OECD Tax-Benefit Models: net childcare costs](https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/net-childcare-costs.html) | OECD terms for data (any use, with citation) |
| Childcare fees, two children | €7,464 a year | 2026 | Finland-wide | [OECD Tax-Benefit Models: net childcare costs](https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/net-childcare-costs.html) | OECD terms for data (any use, with citation) |
| Childcare, net of support: couple, one child | €6,173 a year | 2026 | Finland-wide | [OECD Tax-Benefit Models: net childcare costs](https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/net-childcare-costs.html) | OECD terms for data (any use, with citation) |
| Childcare, net of support: couple, two children | €6,805 a year | 2026 | Finland-wide | [OECD Tax-Benefit Models: net childcare costs](https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/net-childcare-costs.html) | OECD terms for data (any use, with citation) |
| Childcare, net of support: single parent, one child | €3,633 a year | 2026 | Finland-wide | [OECD Tax-Benefit Models: net childcare costs](https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/net-childcare-costs.html) | OECD terms for data (any use, with citation) |
| Childcare, net of support: single parent, two children | €2,942 a year | 2026 | Finland-wide | [OECD Tax-Benefit Models: net childcare costs](https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/net-childcare-costs.html) | OECD terms for data (any use, with citation) |
| Out-of-pocket health spending | US$777 a year per person | 2023 | Finland-wide | [World Development Indicators](https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Paid holiday by law | 20 working days a year | 2026 | Finland-wide | [Paid holiday by law, from the labour codes cited](https://github.com/ABCastor/borgo/blob/main/src/fetch/family.ts) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Public holidays on working days | 9 days a year | 2026 | Finland-wide | [Nager.Date public holidays](https://date.nager.at/) | MIT |
| Paid leave for mothers | 39.7 weeks at full pay | 2025 | Finland-wide | [OECD Family Database: parental leave systems (PF2.1)](https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-family-database.html) | OECD terms for data (any use, with citation) |
| Paid leave for fathers | 10.8 weeks at full pay | 2025 | Finland-wide | [OECD Family Database: parental leave systems (PF2.1)](https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-family-database.html) | OECD terms for data (any use, with citation) |
| Price level | 90.6 index, US = 100 | 2025 | Finland-wide | [World Development Indicators](https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Wet days | 143 days a year | 2021-2025 | city | [Historical weather (ERA5 reanalysis)](https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/historical-weather-api) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Sunshine | 1,890 hours a year | 1991-2020 | city | [WMO Climatological Standard Normals 1991-2020](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/wmo-climate-normals) | No licence attached; NCEI public access, citation requested (WMO Unified Data Policy) |
| Fine dust (PM2.5) | 5.4 µg/m³ | 2024 | city | [WHO Ambient Air Quality Database v8.0 (2026)](https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/air-pollution/who-air-quality-database) | WHO terms for data compilations (public-health use, unaltered values; not CC BY) |
| Homicides | 0.98 per 100,000 | 2023 | Finland-wide | [World Development Indicators](https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Life expectancy | 82.3 years | 2024 | Finland-wide | [World Development Indicators](https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Life satisfaction | 7.8 of 10 | 2025 | Finland-wide | [OECD Well-being Database (How's Life?)](https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/well-being-database.html) | OECD terms for data (any use, with citation) |
| Research output | 3,155 works per 100k residents | 2025 | city | [OpenAlex institutions](https://openalex.org/) | CC0-1.0 |
| Research output per resident | 61 of 100 | 2025 | city | [OpenAlex institutions](https://openalex.org/) | CC0-1.0 |
| Universities and colleges | 14 organisations | 2026-10-27 | city | [Research Organization Registry](https://ror.org/) | CC0-1.0 |
| Research institutes | 13 organisations | 2026-10-27 | city | [Research Organization Registry](https://ror.org/) | CC0-1.0 |
| Founders Running Club | a chapter | 2026-10-27 | city | [Founders Running Club communities](https://foundersrc.com/communities) | Public listing (facts of presence only; no licence stated) |
| Coworking spaces | 19 within 10 km | 2026-10-27 | city | [OpenStreetMap via the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) | ODbL-1.0 |
| Climbing gyms | 11 within 10 km | 2026-10-27 | city | [OpenStreetMap via the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) | ODbL-1.0 |
| Public swimming pools | 19 within 10 km | 2026-10-27 | city | [OpenStreetMap via the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) | ODbL-1.0 |
| Public swimming pools (official) | 2.4 per 100,000 | 2024 | city | [Urban Audit: cities and greater cities](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/database) | Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU) |
| Hackerspaces and makerspaces | 8 within 10 km | 2026-10-27 | city | [OpenStreetMap via the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) | ODbL-1.0 |
| Green space | 29.6 % of land | 2026-10-27 | city | [OpenStreetMap via the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) | ODbL-1.0 |
| Distance to the sea | 2 km | Natural Earth 5.1 | city | [Natural Earth (coastline, land, countries and populated places)](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) | Public domain |
| Distance to the mountains | 300 km | terrain tiles 2017 | city | [Terrain Tiles (Terrarium) on AWS Open Data](https://registry.opendata.aws/terrain-tiles/) | Public domain (USGS, NOAA) and Open Government Licence – Canada, with attribution |
| Nearest major airport | 17 km | 2026-10-27 | city | [OurAirports airports](https://ourairports.com/data/) | Public domain |
| Airports within 100 km | 2 airports | 2026-10-27 | city | [OurAirports airports](https://ourairports.com/data/) | Public domain |
| Rail and metro stations | 81 within 10 km | 2026-10-27 | city | [OpenStreetMap via the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) | ODbL-1.0 |
| Cycle paths | 1,203 km within 10 km | 2026-10-27 | city | [OpenStreetMap via the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) | ODbL-1.0 |
| Commuting by public transport | 52.0 % of commuters | 2018 | city | [Urban Audit: cities and greater cities](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/database) | Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU) |
| Commute time | 35 minutes | 2018 | city | [Urban Audit: cities and greater cities](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/database) | Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU) |
| Monthly transit pass | €67 a month | 2024 | city | [Urban Audit: cities and greater cities](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/database) | Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU) |
| Road deaths | 0.09 per 10,000 | 2023 | city | [Urban Audit: cities and greater cities](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/database) | Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU) |
| Born abroad | 17.5 % of residents | 2024 | city | [Urban Audit: cities and greater cities](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/database) | Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU) |
| English speakers | 70 % of population | CLDR 49 | Finland-wide | [CLDR territory information](https://cldr.unicode.org/) | Unicode-3.0 |
| English is official | no | CLDR 49 | Finland-wide | [CLDR territory information](https://cldr.unicode.org/) | Unicode-3.0 |
| Internet speed | 38 Mbit/s | 2023 | city | [M-Lab NDT statistics (daily city aggregates)](https://www.measurementlab.net/data/) | CC0-1.0 |
| Adults with a degree | 49.9 % of adults | 2018 | city | [Urban Audit: cities and greater cities](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/database) | Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU) |
| Developers on GitHub | 21.5 per 1,000 residents | 2026-11-05 | city | [GitHub user search](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/search/search#search-users) | No data licence: only total counts of profiles are stored (GitHub Acceptable Use Policies, section 7) |
| Everyday needs on foot | 93 % of streets | 2026-11-05 | city | [OpenStreetMap via the Overpass API: walking and cycling](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) | ODbL-1.0 |
| Cycle network | 7.00 km per km² of land | 2026-11-05 | city | [OpenStreetMap via the Overpass API: walking and cycling](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) | ODbL-1.0 |
| Walking or cycling to work | 22.0 % of commuters | 2018 | city | [Urban Audit: cities and greater cities](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/cities/database) | Eurostat reuse with acknowledgement (Decision 2011/833/EU) |
| Out of the dense city | 9.2 km | 2025 | city | [GHS Urban Centre Database 2025 (R2024A), general characteristics](https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/ghs_ucdb_2024.php) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Politics, left to right | centre, 5.5 of 10 | 2023-04-02 | Finland-wide | [Political position from election results](https://github.com/ABCastor/borgo/blob/main/pipeline/inputs/politics.json) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Abortion in law | on request, 10 weeks or later | 2026-11-05 | Finland-wide | [Abortion in law, from the statutes cited](https://github.com/ABCastor/borgo/blob/main/src/fetch/rights-law.ts) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Doctors | 3.6 per 1,000 people | 2021 | Finland-wide | [World Development Indicators](https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Unemployment | 9.5 % of the labour force | 2025 | Finland-wide | [World Development Indicators](https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Control of corruption | 2.14 -2.5 to 2.5 | 2025 | Finland-wide | [Worldwide Governance Indicators](https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators) | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Same-sex couples in law | marriage | 2026 | Finland-wide | [Same-sex couples in law, from the statutes cited](https://github.com/ABCastor/borgo/blob/main/src/fetch/rights-law.ts) | CC-BY-4.0 |

No open figure yet for: rent, three bedrooms, your childcare cost, health insurance premium, green urban areas (official).

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