Espoo
City in Finland: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Espoo ylhäältä päin: JKorpimies, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Espoo is a city in Finland, in Uusimaa. About 323,910 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Finland in our atlas.
It lies at 60.21° N, 24.65° E, about 16 m (52 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Helsinki time zone. At this high latitude, summer days are very long and winter days very short.
Location
Red dot: Espoo. Green dots: other major cities of Finland. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Espoo has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 20°C (68°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about -6°C (21°F). Around 727 mm (29 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 660158 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q211489 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Espoo ylhäältä päin: JKorpimies, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)