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Pajakan laituri. Photo: Ninara, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Pajakan laituri

Kayak spot · Finland

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

73Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Wind 9 kn gusting 17, Air 3 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 72 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
2°C
Rain
3.3 mm

Wed 4 · 74 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
3°C
Rain
1.5 mm

Thu 5 · 71 out of 100

Wind
11 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
4°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 71 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
1°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 72 out of 100

Wind
11 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
4°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 73 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
2°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 73 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
2°C
Rain
0 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 274, good
  2. Tue 372, good
  3. Wed 474, good
  4. Thu 571, good
  5. Fri 671, good
  6. Sat 772, good
  7. Sun 873, good
  8. Mon 973, good
  9. Tue 1073, good
  10. Wed 1169, 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 Pajakan laituri
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov74, good3 kn8kn3°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov72, good9 kn20kn2°C3.3 mm
Wed 4Nov74, good9 kn17kn3°C1.5 mm
Thu 5Nov71, good11 kn23kn4°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov71, good7 kn16kn1°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov72, good11 kn22kn4°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov73, good10 kn20kn2°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov73, good5 kn10kn2°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov73, good9 kn20kn2°C0.3 mm
Wed 11Nov69, good11 kn25kn1°C0.9 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.

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 Pajakan laituri

A launch. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. 1 paddling school, club or hire within 10 km, the nearest 1.1 km away. The town to stay in is Kuhmo. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

  • 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 1 paddling school, club or hire within 10 km, the nearest 1.1 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$1,540–US$2,870 each

about US$1,540–US$2,870 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, 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 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to KAJ, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$483–US$1,000
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$188–US$315
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$577
Food7 days eating outabout US$335–US$624
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$195–US$356
Totalabout US$1,540–US$2,870

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Kuhmo

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Closest

Kuhmo

about 5 min by car · 3 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 3 places to stay in Kuhmo · Booking.com

About Kuhmo 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 20h 20m

About 20h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → KAJ, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), then 1h 50m 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 with a name mapped within 25 km: the map has one 1.1 km away with no name.

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