Tallinn
Capital of Estonia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Tallinna vanalinn 2015: Hiiumaamudeliklubi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, in Harjumaa. About 394,024 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Estonia in our atlas.
It lies at 59.44° N, 24.75° E, about 12 m (39 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Tallinn time zone. At this high latitude, summer days are very long and winter days very short.
Location
Red dot: Tallinn. Green dots: other major cities of Estonia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tallinn has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 21°C (70°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about -7°C (20°F). Around 684 mm (27 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in EstoniaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 588409 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1770 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Tallinna vanalinn 2015: Hiiumaamudeliklubi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Airplane landing at Tallinn Airport: Hannu, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Toompea linnus: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee (Wikimedia Commons)
- Õhuvaade Kumule ja Kadrioru pargile: Mait Metsur, aerofotod.ee, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Columna de la Victoria de la Guerra de la Independencia, Tallinn, Estonia, 2012-08-05, DD 14: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stenbocki maja 30-04-2013: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tallinn Town Hall Square, 2013: Julie Anne Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Näitus "Müstiline ürgmeri": Jüri Lõun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
