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Hyvinkää, the nearest town, 9 km away. Photo: Sino Yu, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Keravanjoki

Kayak spot · Finland

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

79Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Wind 8 kn gusting 19, Air 8 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 80 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
7°C
Rain
3.2 mm

Tue 3 · 79 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0.1 mm

Wed 4 · 81 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0.1 mm

Thu 5 · 80 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 77 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
5°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 78 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
6°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 76 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
5°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 181, good
  2. Mon 280, good
  3. Tue 379, good
  4. Wed 481, good
  5. Thu 580, good
  6. Fri 677, good
  7. Sat 778, good
  8. Sun 876, good
  9. Mon 975, good
  10. Tue 1077, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Keravanjoki
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov81, good6 kn13kn8°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov80, good5 kn9kn7°C3.2 mm
Tue 3Nov79, good8 kn24kn7°C0.1 mm
Wed 4Nov81, good8 kn19kn8°C0.1 mm
Thu 5Nov80, good10 kn21kn7°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov77, good6 kn12kn5°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov78, good9 kn21kn6°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov76, good4 kn10kn5°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov75, good4 kn16kn4°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov77, good5 kn10kn5°C0 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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the spot and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Keravanjoki

A launch on the Keravanjoki. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. None within 10 km, the nearest 18 km away. The town to stay in is Hyvinkää. Within 5 km we also list 6 kayak spots.

  • River Keravanjoki
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks.
  • Schools, hire None within 10 km, the nearest 18 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,430–US$2,690 each

about US$1,430–US$2,690 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to HEL, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$489–US$1,020
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$74–US$121
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$576
Food7 days eating outabout US$335–US$623
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$194–US$355
Totalabout US$1,430–US$2,690

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Hyvinkää

Closest

Hyvinkää

16 min by car · 7 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 7 places to stay in Hyvinkää · Booking.com

About Hyvinkää its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$127 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 14h 20m

About 14h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → HEL, direct, then 55 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits