Travel Risk Atlas

Finland

Northern Europe · Capital Helsinki

Level 1 United States Exercise Normal Precautions FCDO United Kingdom No advisory against travel Green Netherlands Green — you can travel Level 1 Canada Take normal security precautions AA Germany No warning in force

Each opens that government's own advisory for Finland — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

7.9 Very low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 10th safest of 220
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Photo: Tapio Haaja / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Risk is rarely spread evenly across a country. The base colour is the code the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives Finland as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Central Finland — No specific warningCentral Ostrobothnia — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningFinland Proper — No specific warningKainuu — No specific warningKymenlaakso — No specific warningKymenlaakso — No specific warningLapland — No specific warningNorth Karelia — No specific warningNorthern Ostrobothnia — No specific warningNorthern Ostrobothnia — No specific warningNorthern Savonia — No specific warningOstrobothnia — No specific warningOstrobothnia — No specific warningOstrobothnia — No specific warningOstrobothnia — No specific warningOstrobothnia — No specific warningOstrobothnia — No specific warningOstrobothnia — No specific warningOstrobothnia — No specific warningPirkanmaa — No specific warningPäijät-Häme — No specific warningSatakunta — No specific warningSatakunta — No specific warningSatakunta — No specific warningSouth Karelia — No specific warningSouthern Ostrobothnia — No specific warningSouthern Savonia — No specific warningTavastia Proper — No specific warningUusimaa — No specific warningUusimaa — No specific warningUusimaa — No specific warningUusimaa — No specific warningPääjärviLake LadogaLake SaimaaPäijänneLake Srednye KuytoInarijrviPielinenLake TopozeroPyhäjärviTorneträskPyhäjärviLake KovdozeroLake ImandraKoitereRikkavesiOulujärviKemijärviPaduskoye MorePorttipahta ReservoirLokan Tekojarvi
What governments advise No specific warning

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole country — No specific warning. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The colour reflects general caution levels only, not a warned area.

Shading marks whole regions named in an advisory, but a warning is often narrower — a border strip, one road, or a single city. Read the wording, and check the official advisory linked below.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly flooding
25/100
32nd of 220
Political stability
10% of score
17/100
13th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
9/100
73rd of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
7/100
21st of 220
Crime
15% of score
6/100
4th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
6/100
16th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
0/100
10th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
21/100

Biggest factor here: natural hazards. Earthquakes, floods, cyclones, drought and tsunami exposure.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
112
Single European emergency number — police, fire and ambulance, free from any phone
Currency
EUR €
Euro — no conversion from the eurozone
Languages
Finnish
Swedish
Visa (EU passport)
Visa free
US: 90 days visa-free · UK: 90 days visa-free
Population
5.6m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Helsinki
Driving
On the right
3.9 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, F
220-240V
Safely managed water
100%
Widely available · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+358
GDP per capita
$56k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
3.3m
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Helsinki, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around July to August.

Daytime high freezing cold mild warm
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain.

Compare with neighbours

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Finland:

CDC Travelers' HealthTravelHealthPro (NHS/UKHSA)

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.