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Living in Nurmes

In Nurmes, unemployment is 15.9% (2024).

Residents of Nurmes numbered 8,760 at the end of 2025. For Nurmes, the regional median gross salary was €3,315 per month at the end of 2024. An unemployment rate of 15.9% was measured at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0720 sources

Population8,760people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Finland
Median gross salary (region)3,315EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Finland
Unemployment rate15.9%country median 10.6% — 50% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Finland
Recorded crime8,573incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 5% belowOfficial source · 13ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting

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

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 Nurmes.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Nurmes recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30
Mobile plan, 10 GB€25
Net rent across major citiesNurmes highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Nurmes highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited29.9 EUR/month30 Sept 2026DNA fixed broadband2Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB24.93 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telia Finland mobile plan16Official · national market
Dwellings4,908 dwellings31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland5Official

Is Nurmes a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–62%
Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on housing · range 43–61%
Student41%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 33–49%
Family45%strong on family, weak on housing · range 36–54%
Retirement55%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 43–67%

Work and income

Nurmes's average monthly gross earnings totalled €3,610 per month at the end of 2024. Nurmes's employment count was 3,087 at the end of 2024. The employment rate was 70.1% at the end of 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Nurmes?

The unemployment rate is 15.9 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland10

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Nurmes is 15.9%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings3,610 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland7Official · regional context
People in employment3,087 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland8Official
Employment rate70.1 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland5Official
GDP per capita37,688 EUR/year31 Dec 2023Statistics Finland9Official · regional context
Median gross salary (regional)3,315 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland7Official · regional context
Unemployment rate15.9 %country median 10.6%31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland10Official

Public employment offices in Nurmes

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Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with high school education or higher70 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland5Official

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; Nurmes's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Nurmes?

Police recorded about 8,573 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 citiesNurmes highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Nurmes highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents8,573 incidents per 100,000country median 9,01631 Dec 202513ex — Offences recorded and their solving by municipality and year of reporting1Official

Mobility and administration

Nurmes's nearest airport was KUO, 90 km away and offered 1 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport1 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights3Official
Distance to the nearest major airport90 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports4Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)KUO3 Aug 2026OurAirports4Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Nurmes. 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.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan -6.1 · Feb -5.5 · Mar -0.1 · Apr 6.2 · May 13.6 · Jun 18.7 · Jul 21.5 · Aug 19 · Sep 13.1 · Oct 5.5 · Nov -0.1 · Dec -3.5 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -13.3 · Feb -13.7 · Mar -9.5 · Apr -3.3 · May 2.9 · Jun 8.6 · Jul 11.7 · Aug 9.9 · Sep 5.6 · Oct 0.6 · Nov -4.6 · Dec -9.5 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -9.5 · Feb -9.4 · Mar -4.6 · Apr 1.5 · May 8.3 · Jun 13.8 · Jul 16.6 · Aug 14.2 · Sep 9.1 · Oct 3 · Nov -2.2 · Dec -6.3 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 40.1 · Feb 35.4 · Mar 30.9 · Apr 29.3 · May 49.4 · Jun 64.1 · Jul 79.7 · Aug 64.9 · Sep 62 · Oct 58.7 · Nov 54.1 · Dec 49.3 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Finland: Jyväskylä ±1.1 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±3.6 °C, Gatineau (Canada) ±4.0 °C, Huddinge (Sweden) ±3.5 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±4.1 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±3.6 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Households in Nurmes numbered 4,908 at the end of 2024.

How many people live in Nurmes?

The published population was 8,760 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland6

MetricValuePeriodSource
Foreign-resident share3.2 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland5Official
Population8,760 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland6Official
Population covered by crime statistics8,760 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland StatFin vaerak/11ra (Key figures on population)15Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
No religion or other, share22.7 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland11Official

International community in Nurmes

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 groupPeopleShare
TOTAL8,760100.0%
Finland8,38195.7%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL3794.3%
EUROPE2502.9%
Former Soviet Union800.9%
ASIA720.8%
Russia510.6%
Ukraine460.5%
AFRICA350.4%
Nigeria240.3%
Philippines240.3%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Sweden230.3%
Thailand170.2%
Germany120.1%
Unknown120.1%
AMERICA100.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13

Citizenship

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

Published groupPeopleShare
TOTAL8,760100.0%
Finland8,48196.8%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL2793.2%
EUROPE1782.0%
ASIA670.8%
Russia630.7%
Ukraine630.7%
AFRICA300.3%
Nigeria250.3%
Philippines230.3%
Thailand140.2%
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Published groupPeopleShare
AMERICA40.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Language spoken at home

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Total8,760100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL8,40195.9%
Finnish8,39295.8%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL3594.1%
Russian1131.3%
Ukrainian610.7%
English380.4%
Other language150.2%
Turkish150.2%
Tagalog130.1%
Thai120.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Igbo100.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher20.2 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland5Official
Households4,908 households31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland8Official
Residents with a migration background4.1 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland11Official

Alternatives for people set on Nurmes

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.

Alternative cities in Finland

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

All Finland cities
Saarijärvi8,763 residentsMuhos8,767 residentsLapinlahti8,803 residentsOrivesi8,858 residentsEurajoki8,920 residentsLeppävirta8,924 residents

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Common questions

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How many people live in Nurmes?

The published population was 8,760 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland.

How safe is Nurmes?

Police recorded about 8,573 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 reporting.

What is the unemployment rate in Nurmes?

The unemployment rate is 15.9 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Nurmes?

The median gross salary is 3,315 EUR/month. Source: Statistics Finland.

Is Nurmes a good place to live?

Nurmes 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.

How many people born in Finland live in Nurmes?

The official country of birth distribution records 8,381 people (95.7%) 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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