Hotels at Simo booking.com

Simo

Booking.com

Simo

General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.0687,Lat: 65.6596
Elevation	19 meter above sea level
Local time	21:43:23pm
Name province/region	Lapland (Lapin aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Lappi#Lappland
Name Kunta	Simo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Simoniemi	7.2 km	WestSouthWest
2 Asemakylä	9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Maksniemi	14.5 km	West
4 Ajos	22.6 km	West
5 Kemi	24.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	611 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	695 km	South
3 Stockholm	Sweden	792 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kemijoki coastal: Simo, part of the larger catchment area Kemijoki. The nearest bigger lake is Martimojärvi (3.6 km² at a height of around 65 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.4 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 42 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 59 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Pohjois-Pohjanmaan jokiseutu ja rannikko

The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kemi-Tornio Airport (at a distance of 26 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

47.7 km2

61.8%

Nature

18.9 km2

24.5%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

5.1 km2

6.6%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.3%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Simo in country Finland

Simo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	140 km	WestSouthWest
2 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	317 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	380 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Simojoki	FI	0.1 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Simo
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Simo
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Simo

Type of weather in Simo	light rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	17 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	03:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam