Staying Home Sucks, home
Pier and motorboat at Inari village, Inari, Lapland, Finland, 2021 September
Inari, the nearest town, 10 km away. Photo: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Kettujoki

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 10 kn gusting 23, Air 4 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 72 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
2°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 74 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
4°C
Rain
2 mm

Thu 5 · 72 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
1°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 73 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
2°C
Rain
1.2 mm

Sat 7 · 72 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
1°C
Rain
1.2 mm

Sun 8 · 73 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
3°C
Rain
1.5 mm

Mon 9 · 72 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
1°C
Rain
0.9 mm

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Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 272, good
  2. Tue 372, good
  3. Wed 474, good
  4. Thu 572, good
  5. Fri 673, good
  6. Sat 772, good
  7. Sun 873, good
  8. Mon 972, good
  9. Tue 1071, good
  10. Wed 1170, good

The spot in one fact

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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 Kettujoki
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov72, good8 kn16kn2°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov72, good10 kn21kn2°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov74, good10 kn23kn4°C2 mm
Thu 5Nov72, good10 kn19kn1°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov73, good9 kn17kn2°C1.2 mm
Sat 7Nov72, good8 kn19kn1°C1.2 mm
Sun 8Nov73, good10 kn22kn3°C1.5 mm
Mon 9Nov72, good4 kn9kn1°C0.9 mm
Tue 10Nov71, good8 kn17kn1°C0.3 mm
Wed 11Nov70, good10 kn20kn-1°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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About

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About Kettujoki

A launch on the Kettujoki. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map. The town to stay in is Inari.

  • River Kettujoki
  • 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 No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map.

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$1,440–US$2,680 each

about US$1,440–US$2,680 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 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to IVL, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$463–US$959
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$101–US$168
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$1,440–US$2,680

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Inari

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Closest

Inari

about 20 min by car · 14 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 14 places to stay in Inari · Booking.com

About Inari 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 19h 55m

About 19h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → IVL, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), 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 50 km.

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

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