Living in Hamina

In Hamina, unemployment is 14.3% (2024).

Residents of Hamina numbered 19,113 at the end of 2025. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €3,547 per month. Hamina had an unemployment rate of 14.3% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0722 sources

Population19,113people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Finland

Median gross salary (region)3,547EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Finland

Unemployment rate14.3%country median 10.6% — 35% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Finland

Recorded crime8,481incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 6% belowOfficial source · 13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting

PM2.5, annual mean7.1µg/m³country median 4.9 — 45% aboveOfficial source · FMI PM2.5 annual station statistics 2022

Higher unemployment than 87% of Finnish cities that publish it and dirtier air than 97% of Finnish cities that publish it.

Which Finland-wide rules apply when you move to Hamina?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in FinlandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Hamina.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Hamina. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€25

Net rent across major citiesHamina highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Järvenpää€16.41

Kerava€15.72

Porvoo€13.87

Riihimäki€13.02

Rauma€10.94

Kouvola€10.83

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Kajaani€12.27

Kokkola€12.19

Kotka€12.17

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.9 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	DNA fixed broadband²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.93 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telia Finland mobile plan¹⁹Official · national market
Dwellings	10,246 dwellings	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official

Is Hamina a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on housing · range 47–67%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on housing · range 49–67%

Student49%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 41–57%

Family48%strong on family, weak on housing · range 39–57%

Retirement57%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–68%

Work and income

The average monthly gross earnings figure was €3,880 per month at the end of 2024. Hamina's employment count was 7,325 at the end of 2024. The employment rate was 71.5% at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Hamina?

The unemployment rate is 14.3 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland¹³

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Hamina is 14.3%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1616–1818–20

Hamina 14.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	3,880 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹⁰Official · regional context
People in employment	7,325 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹¹Official
Employment rate	71.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official
GDP per capita	42,840 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	Statistics Finland¹²Official · regional context
Median gross salary (regional)	3,547 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹⁰Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	14.3 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹³Official

Public employment offices in Hamina

Exact offices linked to this city from official sources. Check the office page before visiting because hours and appointment rules can change.

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Hamina — Verified local office

Satamantie 4, 49460 HAMINA, 49460

+358523400 · tyoelamapalvelut@kotka.fi

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Only exact city-linked public offices are listed; this is not a complete directory of private recruiters or every employment provider. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with high school education or higher	73 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 18, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: suomi/ruotsi toisena kielenä (S2) + valmistava opetus (preparatory education) + mother-tongue subsidies. How to enrol a child (oph.fi).

A country-wide rule for Finland; Hamina's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Safety

How safe is Hamina?

Police recorded about 8,481 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting¹

Recorded crime across major citiesHamina highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Vantaa13,982

Helsinki12,307

Turku11,977

Kouvola10,948

Tampere10,243

Lahti9,882

Jyväskylä9,685

Vaasa9,184

Kuopio9,025

Joensuu9,008

Oulu8,794

Espoo7,549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	8,481 incidents per 100,000country median 9,016	31 Dec 2025	13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting¹Official

Mobility and administration

Hamina's nearest airport was LPP, 74 km away and offered 3 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	3 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	74 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	LPP	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Hamina. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Municipal integration services and integration training — Integration course

Municipalities and employment services in Finland

For immigrants needing an integration plan.

Finnish, SwedishIn Person, Online

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Hamina?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.1 µg/m³ (2022) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: FMI PM2.5 annual station statistics 2022³

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.57.1WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in FinlandAnnual PM2.5 in Hamina is 7.1 µg/m³. Of 39 cities with data, 16 have annual PM2.5 of 5 to under 6 µg/m³.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–8

Hamina 7.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.1 µg/m³country median 4.9	31 Dec 2022	FMI PM2.5 annual station statistics 2022³Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 6.12 · Feb 4.85 · Mar 9.86 · Apr 16.22 · May 25.32 · Jun 26.9 · Jul 28.46 · Aug 27.35 · Sep 22.21 · Oct 15.57 · Nov 11.08 · Dec 7.83 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -27.54 · Feb -29.96 · Mar -20.4 · Apr -10.38 · May -1.94 · Jun 3.11 · Jul 8.23 · Aug 7.26 · Sep 2.73 · Oct -5.21 · Nov -16.94 · Dec -23.24 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -5.68 · Feb -6.15 · Mar -2.89 · Apr 3.01 · May 9.45 · Jun 14.12 · Jul 17.93 · Aug 16.9 · Sep 12.42 · Oct 6.11 · Nov 1.47 · Dec -2.29 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁴Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

The number of households reached 10,246 at the end of 2024.

How many people live in Hamina?

The published population was 19,113 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign-resident share	5.7 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Population	19,113 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland⁹Official
Population covered by crime statistics	19,113 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland StatFin vaerak/11ra (Key figures on population)¹⁸Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	29.9 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹⁴Official

International community in Hamina

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Population at the end of the statistical reference period; Statistics Finland population structure; total sex · 2025

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	19,113	100.0%
Finland	17,466	91.4%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	1,647	8.6%
EUROPE	1,395	7.3%
Former Soviet Union	755	4.0%
Ukraine	144	0.8%
Russia	143	0.7%
ASIA	126	0.7%
Estonia	96	0.5%
Unknown	71	0.4%
Lithuania	42	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
United Kingdom	37	0.2%
Sweden	35	0.2%
Thailand	35	0.2%
Philippines	29	0.2%
AMERICA	27	0.1%
AFRICA	25	0.1%
Turkey	21	0.1%
Germany	20	0.1%
China	18	0.1%
Latvia	18	0.1%
United States	13	0.1%
Former Yugoslavia	10	0.1%
OCEANIA	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁶

Citizenship

Population at the end of the statistical reference period; Statistics Finland population structure; total sex · 2025

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	19,113	100.0%
Finland	18,030	94.3%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL	1,083	5.7%
EUROPE	935	4.9%
Ukraine	304	1.6%
Russia	303	1.6%
Estonia	113	0.6%
ASIA	102	0.5%
Lithuania	65	0.3%
United Kingdom	36	0.2%
Thailand	28	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Latvia	26	0.1%
Philippines	25	0.1%
Turkey	22	0.1%
AFRICA	20	0.1%
China	18	0.1%
AMERICA	16	0.1%
Germany	10	0.1%
OCEANIA	4	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁵

Language spoken at home

Population at the end of the statistical reference period; Statistics Finland population structure; total sex · 2025

Published group	People	Share
Total	19,113	100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL	17,398	91.0%
Finnish	17,343	90.7%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL	1,715	9.0%
Russian	890	4.7%
Ukrainian	279	1.5%
Estonian	114	0.6%
English	94	0.5%
Lithuanian	63	0.3%
Swedish	55	0.3%
Thai	34	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Turkish	33	0.2%
Tagalog	23	0.1%
Latvian	22	0.1%
Chinese	18	0.1%
Other language	15	0.1%
German	15	0.1%
Spanish; Castilian	10	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁷

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	26.3 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland⁸Official
Households	10,246 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Finland¹¹Official
Residents with a migration background	9.2 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Finland¹⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Hamina

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Kotka as a Hamina alternative in the same region

18 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, region and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €3,547 Kotka vs €3,547 Haminano percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 10,177 (2024) Kotka vs 8,481 (2025) Haminano percentage
Foreign residents: 7.1% Kotka vs 5.7% Hamina+25%
Unemployment: 16.0% Kotka vs 14.3% Hamina+12%

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Porvoo as a Hamina alternative in the same country

86 km away, better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 51,863 Porvoo vs 19,113 Hamina+171%
Unemployment: 10.1% Porvoo vs 14.3% Hamina−29%
Median gross pay, region: €3,967 Porvoo vs €3,547 Hamina+12%
Foreign residents: 6.5% Porvoo vs 5.7% Hamina+14%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,106 Porvoo vs 8,481 Hamina−4%

Full comparison More about Porvoo

Cities near Hamina

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Kotka 17.9 km away

Rent: 12.17 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-08-27

Alternative cities in Finland

Other cities in Finland to compare with Hamina, nearest in population first.

All Finland cities

Jämsä19,116 residents Laukaa18,878 residents Kemi19,402 residents Kurikka19,441 residents Kempele19,657 residents Varkaus19,669 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Hamina?

The published population was 19,113 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland.

Is the air quality good in Hamina?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.1 µg/m³ (2022) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: FMI PM2.5 annual station statistics 2022.

How safe is Hamina?

What is the unemployment rate in Hamina?

The unemployment rate is 14.3 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Hamina?

The median gross salary is 3,547 EUR/month. Source: Statistics Finland.

Is Hamina a good place to live?

Hamina may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Hamina?

Karhula, Kotka are near Hamina. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Finland live in Hamina?

The official country of birth distribution records 17,466 people (91.4%) in the source-defined population for 2025. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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