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Living in Riihimäki

In Riihimäki, rents across existing tenancies average €13.02 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 11.7% (2024).

For Riihimäki, the foreign population count was 1,703 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-1924 sources

Population28,643people31 Dec 2024Official source · Tilastokeskus PxWeb table 11ra: population on 31 December by municipality and year.
Median gross salary (region)3,444EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · pxweb2.stat.fi
Average net rent13.02EUR/m²/monthcountry median €12.27 — 6% aboveOfficial source · pxweb2.stat.fi
Unemployment rate11.7%country median 10.6% — 10% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Finland
Recorded crime9,657incidents per 100,000country median 9,016 — 7% aboveOfficial source · statfin.stat.fi

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

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 Riihimäki.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Riihimäki?

Average net cold rent is 13.02 EUR/m² per month (2026Q2), 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): 13.02 EUR/m²/month · pxweb2.stat.fi4
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Riihimäki recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Järvenpää€16.41
Kerava€15.72
Porvoo€13.87
Riihimäki€13.02
Rauma€10.94
Kouvola€10.83
Show the other 3 cities
Kajaani€12.27
Kokkola€12.19
Kotka€12.17
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited29.9 EUR/month30 Sept 2026DNA fixed broadband1Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB24.93 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telia Finland mobile plan16Official · national market
Dwellings15,032 dwellings31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland7Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)13.02 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €12.2727 Aug 2026pxweb2.stat.fi4Official

Is Riihimäki 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.

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–60%
Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–64%
Student52%strong on cost, weak on work · range 45–59%
Family42%strong on family, weak on housing · range 34–50%
Retirement47%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 36–58%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 781 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 13.02 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.

Source period: 2026Q2

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Riihimäki?

The unemployment rate is 11.7 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland9

Unemployment across cities in FinlandUnemployment in Riihimäki is 11.7%. Of 144 cities with data, 36 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
People in employment12,039 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland8Official
Employment rate73.4 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland7Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,444 EUR/month31 Dec 2024pxweb2.stat.fi5Official
Unemployment rate11.7 %country median 10.6%31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland9Official

What does a salary buy in Riihimäki?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €3,444 (pxweb2.stat.fi, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,744of €2,580 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left 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.€2,580
Rent, 60 m²€13.02/m² · official · pxweb2.stat.fi · 2026-08-27− €781
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€1,744
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Riihimäki Salary needed to live in Riihimäki

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Riihimäki. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Job Market Finland — Public employment service

Finnish public employment services

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Riihimäki. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with high school education or higher73.1 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland7Official

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; Riihimäki's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Riihimäki?

Police recorded about 9,657 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: statfin.stat.fi6

Recorded crime across major citiesRiihimäki highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Riihimäki highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Vantaa13,982
Helsinki12,307
Turku11,977
Kouvola10,948
Tampere10,243
Lahti9,882
Jyväskylä9,685
Riihimäki9,657
Kuopio9,025
Joensuu9,008
Oulu8,794
Espoo7,549
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents9,657 incidents per 100,000country median 9,01631 Dec 2024statfin.stat.fi6Official

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was HEL, 47.4 km away, with 88 listed destinations in June 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport88 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat2Official
Nearest airportHEL13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv3Official
Distance to nearest airport47.4 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv3Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Riihimäki. 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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Riihimäki.

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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 -2.4 · Feb -2.4 · Mar 2.2 · Apr 9 · May 16 · Jun 20 · Jul 22.8 · Aug 21 · Sep 15.4 · Oct 8 · Nov 2.7 · Dec -0.4 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -8.1 · Feb -9 · Mar -6 · Apr -0.9 · May 3.9 · Jun 8.8 · Jul 11.7 · Aug 10.4 · Sep 6.4 · Oct 1.8 · Nov -1.8 · Dec -5.3 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official
Average temperature by monthJan -5.1 · Feb -5.6 · Mar -2 · Apr 3.9 · May 10.2 · Jun 14.6 · Jul 17.3 · Aug 15.5 · Sep 10.5 · Oct 4.8 · Nov 0.6 · Dec -2.7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 41.4 · Feb 30 · Mar 28.7 · Apr 32.1 · May 36.1 · Jun 64.8 · Jul 75 · Aug 71.5 · Sep 50 · Oct 58.1 · Nov 50.2 · Dec 38.5 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official

Similar climate. In Finland: Tampere ±0.2 °C. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±1.6 °C, Huddinge (Sweden) ±1.3 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±1.2 °C, Linköping (Sweden) ±1.9 °C, Barrie (Canada) ±2.4 °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

How many people live in Riihimäki?

The published population was 28,643 people in 2024. Source: Tilastokeskus PxWeb table 11ra: population on 31 December by municipality and year.14

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area121 km²1 Jan 2024www.maanmittauslaitos.fi21Official
Foreign-resident share6.1 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland7Official
Foreign residents1,703 people31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)14Official
Population density236.7 people/km²31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra)14Official
Population28,643 people31 Dec 2024Tilastokeskus PxWeb table 11ra: population on 31 December by municipality and year.14Official
Population covered by crime statistics28,555 people31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland StatFin vaerak/11ra (Key figures on population)15Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
No religion or other, share34.2 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland10Official

International community in Riihimäki

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
TOTAL28,555100.0%
Finland26,22691.8%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL2,3298.2%
EUROPE1,4415.0%
ASIA5952.1%
Former Soviet Union4811.7%
Ukraine2420.8%
Estonia2340.8%
AFRICA1820.6%
Sweden1040.4%
Vietnam1030.4%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Turkey840.3%
Thailand770.3%
Nepal680.2%
Russia580.2%
Unknown540.2%
Sri Lanka530.2%
AMERICA490.2%
Philippines480.2%
India470.2%
China460.2%
Democratic Republic of the Congo460.2%
Poland450.2%
Nigeria360.1%
Iraq270.1%
Syria270.1%
Germany220.1%
Iran220.1%
Zambia160.1%
Ethiopia150.1%
Latvia150.1%
Afghanistan140.0%
Bangladesh140.0%
United States140.0%
United Kingdom130.0%
Italy120.0%
Pakistan120.0%
Romania120.0%
Spain110.0%
Former Yugoslavia110.0%
Morocco100.0%
OCEANIA80.0%

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

Citizenship

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

Published groupPeopleShare
TOTAL28,555100.0%
Finland26,80993.9%
FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL1,7466.1%
EUROPE1,1273.9%
Ukraine5291.9%
ASIA4371.5%
Estonia2440.9%
AFRICA1490.5%
Democratic Republic of the Congo700.2%
Russia660.2%
Turkey640.2%
Show 23 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Nepal630.2%
Vietnam560.2%
Sri Lanka510.2%
Philippines450.2%
Poland410.1%
India400.1%
Thailand390.1%
China380.1%
Syria220.1%
AMERICA220.1%
Latvia170.1%
Nigeria170.1%
Afghanistan150.1%
Sweden150.1%
Ethiopia140.0%
Iran140.0%
Bangladesh130.0%
Romania130.0%
Iraq120.0%
Italy120.0%
Serbia120.0%
Belarus100.0%
OCEANIA40.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source11

Language spoken at home

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Total28,555100.0%
NATIONAL LANGUAGES, TOTAL26,15791.6%
Finnish26,03791.2%
FOREIGN LANGUAGES, TOTAL2,3988.4%
Ukrainian4441.6%
Russian3571.3%
Estonian2721.0%
Vietnamese1420.5%
Swedish1200.4%
Turkish970.3%
English860.3%
Show 30 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Arabic740.3%
Thai700.2%
Nepali680.2%
Polish550.2%
Sinhala; Sinhalese490.2%
Chinese490.2%
Kurdish450.2%
Persian, Farsi380.1%
Other language370.1%
Swahili350.1%
Spanish; Castilian340.1%
Tagalog310.1%
Yoruba290.1%
Kinyarwanda260.1%
Albanian250.1%
Romanian190.1%
French170.1%
Hindi160.1%
Bengali, (Bangla)150.1%
Panjabi; Punjabi150.1%
German140.0%
Latvian140.0%
Amharic130.0%
Serbian130.0%
Bulgarian120.0%
Italian120.0%
Unknown120.0%
Hungarian100.0%
Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja100.0%
Slovak100.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher29.4 %31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland7Official
Households15,032 households31 Dec 2024Statistics Finland8Official
Residents with a migration background8.6 %31 Dec 2025Statistics Finland10Official

Alternatives for people set on Riihimäki

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.

Loppi as a Riihimäki 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.

  • Unemployment: 7.8% Loppi vs 11.7% Riihimäki−33%
  • Foreign residents: 3.2% Loppi vs 6.1% Riihimäki−48%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,444 Loppi vs €3,444 Riihimäkino percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,654 (2025) Loppi vs 9,657 (2024) Riihimäkino percentage
Full comparisonMore about Loppi

Vaasa as a Riihimäki alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 70,361 Vaasa vs 28,643 Riihimäki+146%
  • Rent: €13.15/m² Vaasa vs €13.02/m² Riihimäkino percentage
  • Unemployment: 8.8% Vaasa vs 11.7% Riihimäki−25%
  • Nearest airport: 8.9 km Vaasa vs 47.4 km Riihimäki−81%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 9,184 Vaasa vs 9,657 Riihimäkino percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,475 Vaasa vs €3,444 Riihimäkisame level
Full comparisonMore about Vaasa

Cities near Riihimäki

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

Alternative cities in Finland

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

All Finland cities
Vihti28,852 residentsRaisio25,738 residentsLempäälä24,854 residentsImatra24,724 residentsYlöjärvi33,704 residentsKangasala33,951 residents

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Riihimäki in rankings

#19 of 30 in Most international cities in Finland #22 of 30 in Safest cities in Finland by recorded crime #29 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Finland #30 of 30 in Largest cities in Finland

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Riihimäki when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

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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 Riihimäki?

The published population was 28,643 people in 2024. Source: Tilastokeskus PxWeb table 11ra: population on 31 December by municipality and year..

How much does it cost to rent in Riihimäki?

Average net cold rent is 13.02 EUR/m² per month (2026Q2), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 911 EUR a month before utilities. Source: pxweb2.stat.fi.

How safe is Riihimäki?

Police recorded about 9,657 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: statfin.stat.fi.

What is the unemployment rate in Riihimäki?

The unemployment rate is 11.7 % (2024). Source: Statistics Finland.

What is the typical salary around Riihimäki?

The median gross salary is 3,444 EUR/month. Source: pxweb2.stat.fi.

How many foreign residents live in Riihimäki?

1,703 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra).

Is Riihimäki a good place to live?

Riihimäki 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 Riihimäki?

Hausjärvi, Loppi are near Riihimäki. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Finland live in Riihimäki?

The official country of birth distribution records 26,226 people (91.8%) 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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  4. Statistics Finland official municipality key figures (11ra) pxdata.stat.fi · checked 2026-07-14
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