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Finland · 60.45°, 22.27° · 22 m

Turku

Reaching Turku from London emits 50.1 kg CO₂e return by rail (31h 42m each way) against 427 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 17.5 °C in July and -4.1 °C in January.

Turku (Swedish: Åbo) is Finland's oldest city, and used to be the country's largest until the mid-19th century. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Turku is warmest in July (17.5 °C), sunniest in June (15.7 h a day); coldest in January (-4.1 °C). Month by month

50.1kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
427kg CO₂e return by air, from London
15.7hours of sunshine a day in June, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Turku. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,389 km41.0 kg27h 42m349 kg5h 24m
Barcelona2,523 km74.5 kg37h 30m635 kg6h 54m
Berlin1,034 km30.5 kg22h 12m260 kg4h 54m
Birmingham1,714 km63.2 kg34h 30m431 kg5h 48m
Bristol1,826 km63.9 kg34h 42m459 kg5h 54m
Brussels1,541 km45.5 kg28h388 kg5h 36m
Cardiff1,854 km67.1 kg35h466 kg6h
Copenhagen778 km23.0 kg14h 6m196 kg4h 30m
Dublin1,885 km——474 kg6h
Edinburgh1,562 km93.0 kg37h 30m393 kg5h 36m
Frankfurt1,430 km42.2 kg24h 42m360 kg5h 24m
Glasgow1,625 km94.8 kg37h 36m409 kg5h 42m
Leeds1,604 km72.0 kg35h 18m404 kg5h 36m
Lisbon3,252 km96.0 kg55h818 kg7h 48m
Liverpool1,706 km73.1 kg35h 18m429 kg5h 48m
London1,698 km50.1 kg31h 42m427 kg5h 48m
Madrid2,851 km84.1 kg41h 6m717 kg7h 18m
Manchester1,662 km71.2 kg35h 12m418 kg5h 42m
Milan1,875 km55.3 kg35h 6m472 kg6h
Munich1,531 km45.2 kg27h 12m385 kg5h 30m
Newcastle1,533 km82.1 kg36h386 kg5h 30m
Nottingham1,642 km64.2 kg34h 48m413 kg5h 42m
Oslo639 km18.9 kg14h 48m161 kg4h 24m
Paris1,804 km53.2 kg29h 24m454 kg5h 54m
Prague1,253 km37.0 kg28h 36m315 kg5h 12m
Rome2,168 km64.0 kg39h 6m545 kg6h 24m
Sheffield1,628 km68.4 kg35h 6m410 kg5h 42m
Southampton1,809 km59.1 kg34h 24m455 kg5h 54m
Stockholm265 km7.8 kg8h 18m66.7 kg3h 54m
Vienna1,413 km41.7 kg30h 30m355 kg5h 24m
Warsaw917 km27.1 kg22h 24m231 kg4h 42m
Zurich1,702 km50.2 kg30h 42m428 kg5h 48m

The year in Turku

Average temperature, °C — warmest in July
January: -4.1 °C-4.1 °CJanFebruary: -2.5 °CFebMarch: -1.2 °CMarApril: 4.0 °CAprMay: 12.2 °CMayJune: 16.5 °CJunJuly: 17.5 °C17.5 °CJulAugust: 17.1 °CAugSeptember: 14.4 °CSepOctober: 6.6 °COctNovember: 1.5 °CNovDecember: -2.1 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in June
January: 2.0 hJanFebruary: 3.4 hFebMarch: 6.2 hMarApril: 8.9 hAprMay: 14.4 hMayJune: 15.7 h15.7 hJunJuly: 13.5 hJulAugust: 10.8 hAugSeptember: 8.5 hSepOctober: 5.7 hOctNovember: 2.3 hNovDecember: 1.1 h1.1 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C-4.1-2.5-1.24.012.216.517.517.114.46.61.5-2.1
Sun h/day2.03.46.28.914.415.713.510.88.55.72.31.1
Rain mm/day2.12.02.21.40.83.03.75.42.63.62.81.7

When to go

Turku is warmest in July at 17.5 °C but brightest in June, averaging 15.7 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at -4.1 °C.

On these lists

Three months worth booking

The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.

warmestJuly17.5 °C · 13.5 h sun · 3.7 mm rainSee rooms in July →sunniestJune16.5 °C · 15.7 h sun · 3.0 mm rainSee rooms in June →

How busy it gets

Varsinais-Suomi records 2.7 overnight stays per resident a year (1,334,165 nights in 2025). Comparatively quiet by European standards.

Eurostat, nights spent at tourist accommodation by NUTS 3 region, against resident population. Shown for context only — it plays no part in which destinations appear or in what order. Eurostat does not cover the United Kingdom after 2016, nor North Africa or the Levant at all, so this figure is absent for roughly a third of the destinations here.

Where to stay in Turku

Places to stay in Turku, Finland, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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Distances are great-circle. Rail assumes international rail at 0.01135 kg CO₂e per passenger-km with a 1.3× track detour allowance; flights use 0.12576 kg per passenger-km including radiative forcing. Journey times are modelled, not timetabled. Full method.