Is Espoo safe? Finland travel risk
Is Espoo safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Espoo scores 18/100 on our travel risk index (Low). The US State Department rates Finland Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 13 Mar 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Espoo scores 18/100 (Low). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Finland (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Espoo: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (20/100) and natural hazards (24/100).
A score of 18 is higher than the scores of 4% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Finland travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 60.2056° N, 24.6556° E in Uusimaa, Espoo maintains a regional distance of 16.1 km ESE to Helsinki.
Uusimaa
60.2056° N, 24.6556° E
16 m
Europe/Helsinki
314,821
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Finland)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (21 °C avg high); Wettest: August (77 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | -2° | -3° | 1° | 7° | 13° | 17° | 21° | 20° | 15° | 9° | 3° | -1° |
| Low °C | -5° | -8° | -4° | 1° | 6° | 11° | 14° | 14° | 10° | 5° | -1° | -4° |
| Rain mm | 58 | 41 | 41 | 39 | 49 | 63 | 76 | 77 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 53 |
Normals: Helsinki (16.1 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Espoo happened in July (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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