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Hyvinkää, the nearest town, 17 km away. Photo: Sino Yu, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Mustijoki

Kayak spot · Finland

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

74Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Wind 3 kn gusting 6, Air 7 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 79 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
7°C
Rain
3.6 mm

Tue 3 · 66 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 74 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0.5 mm

Thu 5 · 72 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 64 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
4°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 70 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 76 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
4°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 279, good
  3. Tue 366, good
  4. Wed 474, good
  5. Thu 572, good
  6. Fri 664, good
  7. Sat 770, good
  8. Sun 876, good
  9. Mon 979, good
  10. Tue 1078, 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 Mustijoki
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov81, good6 kn13kn8°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov79, good3 kn6kn7°C3.6 mm
Tue 3Nov66, good8 kn16kn7°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov74, good8 kn14kn7°C0.5 mm
Thu 5Nov72, good7 kn17kn7°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov64, good8 kn21kn4°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov70, good8 kn18kn7°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov76, good2 kn10kn4°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov79, good4 kn10kn6°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov78, good3 kn9kn6°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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kayaking days in a typical week, each month, for grade III paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical weather, not a forecast, and not the river's level: a month that is often good to be outside may still be low water.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Mustijoki

A launch on the Mustijoki. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. None within 10 km, the nearest 27 km away. The town to stay in is Hyvinkää. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

  • River Mustijoki
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.
  • Schools, hire None within 10 km, the nearest 27 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$1,460–US$2,730 each

about US$1,460–US$2,730 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$100–US$161
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$1,460–US$2,730

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Hyvinkää

Closest

Hyvinkää

30 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 30m

About 14h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → HEL, direct, then 1h 05m by road

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

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire mapped within 25 km.

Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits