Kuopio: facts

At a glance

• Country: Finland
• Region: North Savo
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 125,462
• Coordinates: 62.8924° N, 27.6770° E
• Time zone: Europe/Helsinki (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Helsinki: 336 km (209 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Kuopio Airport (KUO): 14 km (9 mi), straight line
• Joensuu Airport (JOE): 102 km (63 mi), straight line
• Jyväskylä Airport (JYV): 116 km (72 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Siilinjaervi: 21 km (13 mi)
• Suonenjoki: 41 km (26 mi)
• Tuusniemi: 43 km (26 mi)
• Kaavi: 43 km (27 mi)
• Leppaevirta: 45 km (28 mi)