The road
Helsinki to Vaasa by car
423 km, about 4 h 24 on the fastest road, through Finland. Fuel from about €69 in a petrol car at this week's prices.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-10-09. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
423 km fastest road, one way · 4 h 24 driving without stops · 1 country
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 423 km
🦌 Finland: wildlife warning signs along 30 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: one day's drive, self-catering for two about €25 — with the fuel and tolls below about €153.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €69 | €0 | €69 | 30 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €69 | €0 | €69 | 27 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €128 | €0 | €128 | 51 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.33 · diesel €2.52 /l
Where to sleep beside the road
42 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Best Caravan Oy Matkaparkki Hyvinkäällä · camper site · km 53, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Hämeensaaren matkaparkki · camper site · km 101, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ BestPark · camper site · km 162, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 237, 0.7 km off the road
- ⛺ BestPark Ikaalinen Spa · camper site · km 238, 0.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Parkano Camping · campsite · km 266, 0.5 km off the road
Places of remembrance near the road: Legend (Juha Mieto statue) (km 347).
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Königstedtinkoski · attraction · km 22, 1.8 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: nature and landscape
- ◆ Finnish Railway Museum · museum · km 55, 2.1 km off the road
- ◆ Hakoisten kartano · attraction · km 86, 0.7 km off the road
- ◆ The armour museum · museum · km 109, 1 km off the road
- ◆ Tampere Art Museum · museum · km 177, 4 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: likely step-free
- ◆ The Devil's Nest · attraction · km 312, 5.1 km off the road
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.