Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Uusimaa
• Level 2: Helsinki
• Level 3: Helsinki

Current local time in Helsinki:

05:34 PM, Sunday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Helsinki on map:^[1]

Helsinki GPS coordinates^[2]

60° 10' 10.272" North, 24° 56' 7.62" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	60.51742°,	24.23233°
Center:	60.16952°,	24.93545°
Lower-right:	59.81789°,	25.63858°
Map W x H:	77.8×77.8 km	= 48.3×48.3mi

max Lat:	69.90864°   ⇑96.8% North
Helsinki:	60.16952°
min Lat:	⇓3.2% South 59.83333°

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min Long	Helsinki	max Long
21.2°	24.93545°	30.93276°
W 53.8%⇐		⇒46.2% E

Elevation

Elevation of Helsinki is 26 m = 85 ft, and this is 51.1 m = 168 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	299 m = 981 ft	76.5%
Avg.	77.1 m = 253 ft
Helsinki	26 m = 85 ft
Min E:	1 m = 3 ft	23.5%

See also: Helsinki elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Helsinki is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 711 km =441.8 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Helsinki
North Pole	3316.8	2061	to North
Arctic Circle	711	441.8	to North
Tropic Cancer	4084.3	2537.9	to South
Equator	6690.2	4157.1	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Helsinki: (largest is in red/bold)

• Espoo 16.2 km =10.1 mi, 284°
• Gumböle 18.5 km =11.5 mi, 287°
• Kaarela 9.6 km =6 mi, 341°
• Kallio 1.8 km =1.1 mi, 26°
• Kauniainen 12.4 km =7.7 mi, 292°
• Kilo 10 km =6.2 mi, 302°
• Koukkuniemi 9.6 km =6 mi, 258°
• Lauttasaari 3.9 km =2.4 mi, 252°
• Mellunkylä 11.5 km =7.1 mi, 51°
• Munkkiniemi 4.5 km =2.8 mi, 315°
• Otaniemi 6.2 km =3.9 mi, 285°
• Suomenlinna 3.7 km =2.3 mi, 130°
• Vantaa 15 km =9.3 mi, 22°
• Vuosaari 12.3 km =7.6 mi, 68°
• Östersundom 17.3 km =10.7 mi, 55°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Хельсинки
• In Chinese: 赫尔辛基