Living in Porvoo
In Porvoo, the official rent index for existing tenancies is €13.87 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 10.1% (2024).
Porvoo numbered 51,863 residents at the end of 2025. The regional median gross salary was €3,967 per month at the end of 2024. The city faced an unemployment rate of 10.1% at the end of 2024.
Which Finland-wide rules apply when you move to Porvoo?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in Porvoo?
Average net cold rent is 13.87 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q2), excluding heating and operating charges.
Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.
- Average net rent (nettokalt): 13.87 EUR/m²/month · Statistics Finland (StatFin asvu 15fa): Rent index and average rents per square meter by area, quarterly15
| 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 plan20Official · national market |
| Dwellings | 24,778 dwellings | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistics Finland8Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 13.87 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €12.27 | 30 Jun 2026 | Statistics Finland (StatFin asvu 15fa): Rent index and average rents per square meter by area, quarterly15Official |
Is Porvoo a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 832 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 13.87 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.
Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.
Work and income
Porvoo's average monthly gross earnings totalled €4,513 per month at the end of 2024. Porvoo had 23,036 at the end of 2024. The employment rate of 78.3% was recorded at the end of 2024.
What is the unemployment rate in Porvoo?
The unemployment rate is 10.1 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland13
Porvoo 10.1%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross earnings | 4,513 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistics Finland10Official · regional context |
| People in employment | 23,036 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistics Finland11Official |
| Employment rate | 78.3 % | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistics Finland8Official |
| GDP per capita | 62,093 EUR/year | 31 Dec 2023 | Statistics Finland12Official · regional context |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,967 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistics Finland10Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 10.1 %country median 10.6% | 31 Dec 2024 | Statistics Finland13Official |
What does a salary buy in Porvoo?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
| Each month | € |
|---|---|
| Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions. | €2,860 |
| Rent, 60 m²€13.87/m² · official · Statistics Finland (StatFin asvu 15fa): Rent index and average rents per square meter by area, quarterly · 2026-06-30 | − €832 |
| Internet€30 · official · DNA fixed broadband · 2026-09-30 | − €30 |
| Mobile plan€25 · official · Telia Finland mobile plan · 2026-09-30 | − €25 |
| Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities | — |
| Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish | €1,973 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Porvoo. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Job Market Finland — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Porvoo. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residents with high school education or higher | 73.8 % | 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; Porvoo's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Safety
How safe is Porvoo?
Police recorded 8,106 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
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 8,106 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
Porvoo's nearest airport was HEL, 39 km away and offered 88 direct destinations.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Porvoo. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Municipal integration services and integration training — Integration course
Municipalities and employment services in Finland
For immigrants needing an integration plan.
Climate and air quality
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daytime high by month | Jan -1.9 · Feb -1.8 · Mar 2.5 · Apr 9.1 · May 15.9 · Jun 20 · Jul 22.9 · Aug 21.2 · Sep 15.7 · Oct 8.7 · Nov 3.5 · Dec 0.3 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -7.5 · Feb -8.2 · Mar -5.2 · Apr -0.4 · May 4.5 · Jun 9.6 · Jul 12.7 · Aug 11.3 · Sep 7.1 · Oct 2.5 · Nov -1.2 · Dec -4.7 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI22Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -4.4 · Feb -5 · Mar -1.6 · Apr 4.2 · May 10.5 · Jun 15.1 · Jul 18.1 · Aug 16.4 · Sep 11.4 · Oct 5.7 · Nov 1.4 · Dec -1.9 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI23Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 54.5 · Feb 42.8 · Mar 35.3 · Apr 35.3 · May 39.5 · Jun 69.7 · Jul 63.6 · Aug 74.7 · Sep 62.9 · Oct 70.4 · Nov 75.2 · Dec 60.7 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI24Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Finland: Vantaa ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.4 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±0.7 °C, Pärnu (Estonia) ±1.1 °C, Huddinge (Sweden) ±1.1 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±2.1 °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
At the end of 2024, Porvoo had 24,778 households.
How many people live in Porvoo?
The published population was 51,863 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland9
People and communities
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| No religion or other, share | 35.3 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Finland14Official |
International community in Porvoo
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 | 51,863 | 100.0% |
| Finland | 46,847 | 90.3% |
| FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL | 5,016 | 9.7% |
| EUROPE | 2,882 | 5.6% |
| ASIA | 1,380 | 2.7% |
| Former Soviet Union | 659 | 1.3% |
| Estonia | 474 | 0.9% |
| Sweden | 355 | 0.7% |
| AFRICA | 347 | 0.7% |
| Ukraine | 269 | 0.5% |
| Unknown | 226 | 0.4% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 221 | 0.4% |
| Thailand | 185 | 0.4% |
| Russia | 166 | 0.3% |
| AMERICA | 158 | 0.3% |
| Former Yugoslavia | 150 | 0.3% |
| China | 149 | 0.3% |
| Philippines | 129 | 0.2% |
| Syria | 119 | 0.2% |
| Turkey | 113 | 0.2% |
| Nepal | 107 | 0.2% |
| Iraq | 105 | 0.2% |
| Germany | 87 | 0.2% |
| United Kingdom | 81 | 0.2% |
| Romania | 68 | 0.1% |
| Myanmar | 59 | 0.1% |
| Poland | 56 | 0.1% |
| United States | 55 | 0.1% |
| India | 54 | 0.1% |
| Sudan | 52 | 0.1% |
| Sri Lanka | 45 | 0.1% |
| Latvia | 43 | 0.1% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 42 | 0.1% |
| Norway | 41 | 0.1% |
| Spain | 39 | 0.1% |
| Iran | 38 | 0.1% |
| Rwanda | 37 | 0.1% |
| Former Serbia and Montenegro | 37 | 0.1% |
| Afghanistan | 35 | 0.1% |
| Morocco | 34 | 0.1% |
| Egypt | 28 | 0.1% |
| Bangladesh | 26 | 0.1% |
| Somalia | 23 | 0.0% |
| OCEANIA | 23 | 0.0% |
| Denmark | 21 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 20 | 0.0% |
| France | 20 | 0.0% |
| Italy | 20 | 0.0% |
| Brazil | 19 | 0.0% |
| Colombia | 19 | 0.0% |
| Nigeria | 18 | 0.0% |
| Switzerland | 18 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 17 | 0.0% |
| Lebanon | 15 | 0.0% |
| Moldova | 15 | 0.0% |
| Netherlands | 15 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 14 | 0.0% |
| Bulgaria | 14 | 0.0% |
| Greece | 14 | 0.0% |
| South Africa | 14 | 0.0% |
| Gambia | 13 | 0.0% |
| Pakistan | 13 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 12 | 0.0% |
| Hungary | 11 | 0.0% |
| Lithuania | 11 | 0.0% |
| Algeria | 10 | 0.0% |
| Eritrea | 10 | 0.0% |
| Israel | 10 | 0.0% |
| Tunisia | 10 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source17
Citizenship
Population at the end of the statistical reference period; Statistics Finland population structure; total sex · 2025
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 51,863 | 100.0% |
| Finland | 48,466 | 93.5% |
| FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL | 3,397 | 6.5% |
| EUROPE | 2,080 | 4.0% |
| ASIA | 979 | 1.9% |
| Estonia | 574 | 1.1% |
| Ukraine | 491 | 0.9% |
| AFRICA | 214 | 0.4% |
| Russia | 206 | 0.4% |
| Former Serbia and Montenegro | 157 | 0.3% |
| Vietnam | 148 | 0.3% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| China | 130 | 0.3% |
| Philippines | 112 | 0.2% |
| Thailand | 100 | 0.2% |
| Nepal | 90 | 0.2% |
| Syria | 90 | 0.2% |
| AMERICA | 85 | 0.2% |
| Sweden | 81 | 0.2% |
| Turkey | 78 | 0.2% |
| Iraq | 70 | 0.1% |
| Romania | 67 | 0.1% |
| Poland | 54 | 0.1% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 50 | 0.1% |
| Sudan | 49 | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 49 | 0.1% |
| Latvia | 46 | 0.1% |
| India | 44 | 0.1% |
| Myanmar | 39 | 0.1% |
| Germany | 39 | 0.1% |
| Sri Lanka | 38 | 0.1% |
| United States | 34 | 0.1% |
| Afghanistan | 31 | 0.1% |
| Bangladesh | 24 | 0.0% |
| Spain | 22 | 0.0% |
| Italy | 20 | 0.0% |
| Norway | 19 | 0.0% |
| Unknown | 19 | 0.0% |
| Eritrea | 16 | 0.0% |
| Iran | 16 | 0.0% |
| Nigeria | 15 | 0.0% |
| France | 14 | 0.0% |
| Morocco | 14 | 0.0% |
| Rwanda | 13 | 0.0% |
| Serbia | 13 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 12 | 0.0% |
| OCEANIA | 12 | 0.0% |
| Greece | 11 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 11 | 0.0% |
| Moldova | 11 | 0.0% |
| Somalia | 11 | 0.0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 | 0.0% |
| Brazil | 10 | 0.0% |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 10 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source16
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 | 51,863 | 100.0% |
| NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL | 46,820 | 90.3% |
| Finnish | 32,727 | 63.1% |
| Swedish | 14,091 | 27.2% |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL | 5,043 | 9.7% |
| Russian | 699 | 1.3% |
| Estonian | 612 | 1.2% |
| Ukrainian | 460 | 0.9% |
| Arabic | 406 | 0.8% |
| Albanian | 404 | 0.8% |
| Vietnamese | 313 | 0.6% |
Show 34 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| English | 251 | 0.5% |
| Thai | 157 | 0.3% |
| Chinese | 148 | 0.3% |
| Kurdish | 125 | 0.2% |
| Nepali | 119 | 0.2% |
| Turkish | 113 | 0.2% |
| Romanian | 95 | 0.2% |
| Tagalog | 84 | 0.2% |
| Spanish; Castilian | 80 | 0.2% |
| Other language | 78 | 0.2% |
| Kinyarwanda | 77 | 0.1% |
| German | 75 | 0.1% |
| Burmese | 67 | 0.1% |
| Polish | 65 | 0.1% |
| Persian, Farsi | 54 | 0.1% |
| Latvian | 41 | 0.1% |
| Sinhala; Sinhalese | 38 | 0.1% |
| Somali | 29 | 0.1% |
| Bengali, (Bangla) | 28 | 0.1% |
| Serbo-Croatian | 25 | 0.0% |
| French | 23 | 0.0% |
| Swahili | 21 | 0.0% |
| Urdu | 20 | 0.0% |
| Portuguese | 19 | 0.0% |
| Italian | 18 | 0.0% |
| Norwegian | 18 | 0.0% |
| Greek (modern) | 16 | 0.0% |
| Dutch | 16 | 0.0% |
| Unknown | 16 | 0.0% |
| Bulgarian | 15 | 0.0% |
| Hungarian | 15 | 0.0% |
| Tigrinya | 14 | 0.0% |
| Lithuanian | 13 | 0.0% |
| Hindi | 12 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source18
Additional context
Alternatives for people set on Porvoo
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Porvoo in rankings
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Porvoo when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideIs Porvoo part of Helsinki?
Porvoo is identified as a satellite of Helsinki. It is about 46.4 km away by straight-line distance. Helsinki city profile
Relationship type: Satellite Of. Source25
What should a first-home buyer know about Porvoo?
Official price, transaction-count and household-income context; not an affordability score or recommendation.
Prices, incomes and transaction counts retain their source-native dwelling and geographic scope. ImmigrationDB does not estimate a deposit, borrowing capacity or whether buying is affordable for an individual household.
Which comparable places record less crime than Porvoo?
8 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Porvoo in this strictly source-matched cohort.
Porvoo: 8,077.4 offences/100k (2024).
Only the same source family, offence definition, period, grain and denominator method are compared. This is recorded crime, not a claim about personal safety. Official source19
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Porvoo?
The published population was 51,863 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Finland.
How much does it cost to rent in Porvoo?
Average net cold rent is 13.87 EUR/m² per month (2026-Q2), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 971 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Statistics Finland (StatFin asvu 15fa): Rent index and average rents per square meter by area, quarterly.
How safe is Porvoo?
Police recorded 8,106 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 Porvoo?
The unemployment rate is 10.1 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.
What is the typical salary around Porvoo?
The median gross salary is 3,967 EUR/month. Source: Statistics Finland.
Is Porvoo a good place to live?
Porvoo 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.
Is Porvoo part of Helsinki?
Porvoo is identified as a satellite of Helsinki. It is about 46.4 km away by straight-line distance.
How many people born in Finland live in Porvoo?
The official country of birth distribution records 46,847 people (90.3%) in the source-defined population for 2025. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
Is Porvoo a good place for a first-home buyer?
The current official set provides 3 factual inputs for Published sales — old dwellings in housing companies, Average price per m² — old dwellings in housing companies, Median disposable cash income of household-dwelling units. They provide local context, but do not establish individual affordability or a buy recommendation.
Which comparable places record less crime than Porvoo?
8 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Porvoo in this strictly source-matched cohort. The comparison uses Statistics Finland PxWeb 13ex + 11ra, period 2024, and does not compare across incompatible police definitions.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Porvoo, Finland: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a04e5a4b9aebb4668581a5eefa316c4d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fi/porvoo/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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