Cost of Living in Helsinki

Helsinki centre and near has become more and more expensive during the last 5 and up to 10 years. Further than that and including Vantaa and Espoo, the rent for one (e.g. 30 m2) will cost 600 to 800 euros per month. The rent for two starts from 850 euros.

A Nurse? It depends on nurse and will be between 2k and 4k euros, depending on where one works and how many nights it includes. The best it is in a hospital and doing all nights also.

Morgen,

that wage is grossly overstated, unless you plan to work only nights. Nurses of all kinds, as well any non-white collar workers, struggle to find affordable and decent housing within a tolerable distance of their Place of work. I think some hospitals offer employee housing, as I understand it.

Hi Fabio. There is Finnish Ministry Department of Labor which controls TE Services who is biggest single exchange of labor. Every municipality haves its own office and as long you have access in identification service (example Online Banking Account) you rarely have to visit actual office rather than business online. At the time there is 3000 vacant in area of Helsinki. Good luck!

The prices of boneless chicken breast and rice numbeo set for Helsinki are way too high. Boneless chicken pricess truelly vary between 1.61-3.19 euros. Rice pricess are 0.67-1.45. I tried to change then but they went to manual inspection. Helsingin Sanomat the main newspaper of Finland has price comparsion 30.1.2017

Since a lot of pepople are asking, but only a few answering, I'll give some info on living costs in Helsinki. Expect to pay upwards from 500€ per month for a tiny (~20-25m2) studio apartment outside the city centre. A one-bedroom apartment in or near the city centre will cost you upwards from 1200€ per month. Utilities are relatively affordable, 25-50€ per month for a good internet connection, maybe 30€ per month on electricity for a single bedroom apartment. Water and heating are usually included in the rent for apartments. A phone contract will be 20-30€ per month including calls, texts and data.

Puplic transport is a bit over 50€ per month in helsinki and aroung 100€ including the neighbouring cities of Espoo and Vantaa (and Kauniainen, enclosed by Espoo). The public transport is excellent though. If you don't eat out you can get by well with 300-400€ per month on food cooking at home (good food, but nothing terribly fancy very often). Alcohol is expensive, a 0.5l can of local beer is 2€ and up at a grocery store (max abv 4.7%, will be bumped to 5.5% in the future). Wine (and anything else above the grocery store abv limit) needs to be bought from Alko (the state monopoly store). Expect to pay around 6-7€ per bottle for the cheapest wines. A good beer from Alko will normally set you back 4-6€.

Services are expensive. Expect to pay 5-7€ for a pint of local mass consumption lager, or 7-10€ for a pint of good import or smaller brewery local beer at a bar. A la carte main courses at basic chain restaurants are around 20€. Filter coffee at a cafe is 2-4€ and other coffees 3-6€, and baked goods at cafes cost upwards of 5€. A haircut will cost around 30€ and up for a man.

Hi I wanted to know the living expenses excluding apartment for me and my wife in Helsinki. I will be getting 1600 euros per month will that be enough if i go for some nearby trips too.

Can you please advise what is the salary range of field engineer in helsinki?

Hi, I am from Indonesia and I am going to study undergraduate in Helsinki.

Anyone can tell me how much is the living cost in Helsinki monthly?
Is money ranging from 700-1000 Euro enough?
Thank you.

I am planning to take my psychology degree in finland and I would like to know the living expenses and other details. I was born in dubai and spend 18 years here so I would like a comparison of the two places

Its always more expensive to live in city centers everywhere ,,especially in helsinki

food prices are in all same in finland...there is not much diffrence because grocerymarket is controlled by 2 monopolies: co-operative Sok and privateltd kesko,,,, now there is also german Lidl which is about 15 % cheaper than others

Finns buy food mostly from offers,,,, Look this numbeo comparison,,you can get good image from food prices

Apartments you can ask from real estates companies....also if you have friends here,,they may help you to find

usually it is sensible to find apartments near good public trafficx connectiosn,,,buses and trains.... optimal distant from big city centers is 20-30 km...... buy montky ticket for bus or train

If you want to live in Finalnd, contact local finland embassy in your home country

It is not impossible to get living permit if you can support yourself here: eg you have regular job or you get suffricient pension from your home country....students have different visa regulations....
study those regulations from finnish embassy pages