City profile · Finland · Europe
Jyväskylä
Central Finland · Finland
City population
148,744
#7
in Finland
#1
in Central Finland
#3,818
worldwide
62.241, 25.721 · 234 km from Helsinki
About Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä is a city in Central Finland, Finland with a population of 148,744. It is the 7th largest of the 78 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Finland, and the 3,818th largest worldwide. It lies 234 km from Helsinki.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Central Finland
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
109 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Helsinki
Coordinates
62.241, 25.721
Record updated
2025-11-18
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 78 in FinlandClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.