title: Geography of Helsinki
text: # Geography of Helsinki
  
  Helsinki has a total area of 686 $km^2$ (265 sq mi). 186 $km^2$ (72 sq mi) of it is land and 500 $km^2$ (190 sq mi) of the area is covered with water. It is located at 60°10′N 24°56′E﻿ / ﻿60.167°N 24.933°E﻿ / 60.167; 24.933.
  
  ## Subdivisions
  
  This is a listing of the neighborhoods and localities in the city of Helsinki in alphabetical order. The list is not complete.
  
  * Ala-Tikkurila
  * Alppikylä
  * Alppila
  * Arabianranta
  * Aurinkolahti
  * Eira
  * Haaga
  * Hakaniemi
  * Hakuninmaa
  * Harju
  * Heikinlaakso
  * Hermanni
  * Herttoniemi
  * Hietalahti
  * Hietaniemi
  * Honkasuo
  * Huopalahti
  * Itäkeskus
  * Jakomäki
  * Jollas
  * Jätkäsaari
  * Kaartinkaupunki
  * Kaisaniemi
  * Kaivopuisto
  * Kalasatama
  * Kallahti
  * Kallio
  * Kamppi
  * Kannelmäki
  * Karhusaari
  * Katajanokka
  * Kivihaka
  * Kivikko
  * Kluuvi
  * Konala
  * Kontula
  * Koskela
  * Kruununhaka
  * Kruunuvuorenranta
  * Kulosaari
  * Kumpula
  * Kuninkaantammi
  * Kurkimäki
  * Kuusisaari
  * Käpylä
  * Laajasalo
  * Laakso
  * Landbo
  * Lassila
  * Latokartano
  * Lauttasaari
  * Lehtisaari
  * Malmi
  * Malminkartano
  * Marjaniemi
  * Maunula
  * Maununneva
  * Meilahti
  * Mellunmäki
  * Meri-Rastila
  * Metsälä
  * Munkkiniemi
  * Munkkivuori
  * Myllypuro
  * Oulunkylä
  * Pajamäki
  * Pakila
  * Paloheinä
  * Pasila
  * Pihlajamäki
  * Pihlajisto
  * Pikku Huopalahti
  * Pitäjänmäki
  * Puistola
  * Pukinmäki
  * Puotila
  * Puotinharju
  * Punavuori
  * Rastila
  * Reimarla
  * Roihuvuori
  * Ruoholahti
  * Ruskeasuo
  * Santahamina
  * Siilitie
  * Siltamäki
  * Suomenlinna
  * Suurmetsä
  * Suutarila
  * Sörnäinen
  * Tammisalo
  * Tapanila
  * Tapaninkylä
  * Tapulikaupunki
  * Torpparinmäki
  * Toukola
  * Tuomarinkylä
  * Töölö
  * Ullanlinna
  * Vallila
  * Vanhakaupunki
  * Vartioharju
  * Vartiosaari
  * Vesala
  * Viikki
  * Vuosaari
  * Östersundom
  
  ## Climate
  
  * Average temperature (2001): +5.9 °C (42 °F)
  * Warmest month, July, average temperature: +17.2 °C (63 °F)
  * Coldest month, February, average temperature: -4.7 °C (23 °F)
  
  Climate data for Downtown Helsinki (Kaisaniemi) :
  
  | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Record high °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.8 (53.2) | 17.1 (62.8) | 21.9 (71.4) | 29.6 (85.3) | 32.0 (89.6) | 33.2 (91.8) | 31.2 (88.2) | 26.2 (79.2) | 19.4 (66.9) | 11.6 (52.9) | 10.0 (50.0) | 33.2 (91.8) |
  | Average high °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) | −1.9 (28.6) | 1.6 (34.9) | 7.6 (45.7) | 14.4 (57.9) | 18.5 (65.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 19.8 (67.6) | 14.6 (58.3) | 9.0 (48.2) | 3.7 (38.7) | 0.5 (32.9) | 9.0 (48.2) |
  | Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) | −4.7 (23.5) | −1.3 (29.7) | 3.9 (39.0) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.6 (58.3) | 17.8 (64.0) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.5 (52.7) | 6.6 (43.9) | 1.6 (34.9) | −2.0 (28.4) | 5.9 (42.6) |
  | Average low °C (°F) | −6.5 (20.3) | −7.4 (18.7) | −4.1 (24.6) | 0.8 (33.4) | 6.3 (43.3) | 10.9 (51.6) | 14.2 (57.6) | 13.1 (55.6) | 8.7 (47.7) | 4.3 (39.7) | −0.6 (30.9) | −4.5 (23.9) | 2.9 (37.2) |
  | Record low °C (°F) | −34.3 (−29.7) | −31.5 (−24.7) | −24.5 (−12.1) | −16.3 (2.7) | −4.8 (23.4) | 0.7 (33.3) | 5.4 (41.7) | 2.8 (37.0) | −4.5 (23.9) | −11.6 (11.1) | −18.6 (−1.5) | −29.5 (−21.1) | −34.3 (−29.7) |
  | Average precipitation mm (inches) | 52 (2.0) | 36 (1.4) | 38 (1.5) | 32 (1.3) | 37 (1.5) | 57 (2.2) | 63 (2.5) | 80 (3.1) | 56 (2.2) | 76 (3.0) | 70 (2.8) | 58 (2.3) | 655 (25.8) |
  | Average snowfall cm (inches) | 20 (7.9) | 24 (9.4) | 15 (5.9) | 0.4 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.2) | 10 (3.9) | 72 (28) |
  | Mean monthly sunshine hours | 38 | 70 | 138 | 194 | 284 | 297 | 291 | 238 | 150 | 93 | 36 | 29 | 1,858 |
  | Source 1: Climatological statistics for the normal period 1981–2010 ||||||||||||||
  | Source 2: Helsinki, Kaisaniemi: climatological table (data source: open data) ||||||||||||||
  