The road
Helsinki to Rovaniemi by car
830 km, about 8 h 48 on the fastest road, through Finland. Fuel from about €135 in a petrol car at this week's prices.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-10-06. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
830 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
8 h 48
without stops
Countries
1
Finland
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 830 km
🦌 Finland: wildlife warning signs along 151 km of this road (moose, deer) — most collisions happen at dusk and dawn, September to November. Väylävirasto (CC BY 4.0)
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-27 prices of the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, per country crossed. Tolls are an estimate from published per-kilometre tariffs plus the crossings on this road. Beds and food are not here: they depend on how you travel.
A camper, the whole sum: 2 days of driving, one night at a campsite about €25 each, self-catering for two about €25 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €326.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €135 | €0 | €135 | 58 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €136 | €0 | €136 | 54 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €251 | €0 | €251 | 100 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.33 · diesel €2.52 /l
Where to sleep beside the road
48 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ SF-Caravan Lintulahti · camper site · km 336, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Suomela Camping · campsite · km 482, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: a dump station (0.94) · motorhomes can come (0.95) · showers and toilets (0.97) · tents welcome (0.98) · a restaurant or bar on site (0.84)
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 596, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Merihelmi Camping · campsite · km 666, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: motorhomes can come (0.95) · showers and toilets (0.97) · open all year (0.96) · wifi (0.95) · tents welcome (0.93)
- ⛺ Hopeaperä · camper site · km 721, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Lamminranta leirikeskus · campsite · km 797, 0.1 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Finnish Aviation Museum · museum · km 18, 7.5 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: not cheap (0.14)
- ◆ Tsaarinpoppeli · attraction · km 136, 1.5 km off the road
- ◆ Säynätsalo Town Hall · museum · km 250, 6.7 km off the road
- ◆ Pihtiputaan kotiseutumuseo · museum · km 403, 0.7 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: cheap or free (0.88)
- ◆ Helena Takalon patsas · memorial · km 446, 3.9 km off the road
- ◆ The Escurial Zoo and Flower Park · zoo / aquarium · km 570, 8.5 km off the road
- ◆ Muualle haudattujen muistomerkki · memorial · km 624, 2.6 km off the road
- ◆ Kivitaipaleen taistelun muistomerkki · memorial · km 810, 0.1 km off the road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.