Sauna and ice swimming in Levi
By Jani Alakurtti · Updated
Which sauna experience in Levi should I book?
- Total
- 15 sauna experiences with a working booking link, from 8 operator names.
- Price per person, not private
- From €35; typical not shown (fewer than 5 tours state one). n = 1 of 11 non-private tours
- Typical duration
- 1 h–3 h 30 min (typical not shown: fewer than 5 tours state a duration)
Sauna: a sauna named in the tour title, or (if the title names no activity) in the collected listing text. Pages that are not a single bookable session — a season pass, a ticket range, an overview page — were left out after reading the page. Typical = median. Prices are the lowest listed per-person prices; private tours and group prices are left out. Details and sources below.
Sauna experiences in Levi are few and loosely described: of the 15 we list, 7 say nothing about what comes with the sauna, 3 are spa or sauna-world visits, 3 include a meal and 2 add another activity. Only 2 say that ice swimming is part of it, and 7 say towels are included. Only one states a per-person price that can be compared, so ask the operator for the total for your group.
Ice swimming, a meal or a spa?
| What comes with the sauna | Tours | of which private | of which combined with northern lights | Price per person, not private: from – typical | Typical duration | Winter clothing | Hotel pickup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With a meal | 3 | 2 | 0 | – – too few stated prices n = 0 of 1 | too few stated durations n = 0 | 0 included 3 not stated | 0 included 3 not stated |
| Spa or sauna world | 3 | 0 | 0 | – – too few stated prices n = 0 of 3 | too few stated durations n = 2 | 0 included 3 not stated | 0 included 3 not stated |
| Two or more of these, or another activity | 2 | 0 | 0 | – – too few stated prices n = 0 of 2 | too few stated durations n = 1 | 0 included 2 not stated | 0 included 2 not stated |
| Sauna only, or not stated | 7 | 2 | 0 | €35 – too few stated prices n = 1 of 5 | too few stated durations n = 1 | 0 included 7 not stated | 0 included 7 not stated |
| All tours | 15 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Rows are mutually exclusive: each tour is in exactly one row. The row comes from the tour title; only if the title names none, from the collected listing text. The tour title decides. A title that names two of these, or another main activity such as a husky safari, goes in the combined row. With a meal: the title names a dinner, lunch, brunch or barbecue with the sauna. Spa or sauna world: the title names a spa, a sauna world, a wellness lounge, a jacuzzi or a hot tub. Two or more of these, or another activity: the title names more than one of these (for example sauna, ice swimming and dinner) or combines the sauna with another main activity such as a husky safari or a northern lights tour. Sauna only, or not stated: the title names only the sauna: it does not say whether ice swimming, a meal or spa facilities come with it.
Prices are the lowest listed per-person price of each tour that is not private (group prices and prices without a stated basis are left out; n = tours with a per-person price, of all non-private tours in the row). Where the operator’s own website states a price, that price is used. Listed prices can be discounted prices. Typical = median; not shown when fewer than 5 tours. Duration = midpoint of the stated range, multi-day tours left out.
Not stated = not found in the collected listing text, so a listing can say more. Hotel pickup "available / pickup points" = pickup offered or pickup points listed, possibly at extra cost.
| Feature | Tours | Price per person: from – typical | Price not stated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private | 4 | – – too few stated prices n = 0 of 4 | 4 of 4 |
Private: "private", "yksityinen" or "VIP" in the tour title (not a private place such as "private island"). Combined with northern lights: the same tour is also listed as a northern lights tour. A tour can be both.
Private tours: a price is shown only when the platform states it as a per-person price. Group prices are not divided among people, and prices that "vary by group size", assume 2 adults or have no stated basis are counted as not stated, because the group size they apply to is unknown. Even a stated per-person price of a private tour can depend on group size. Other features: prices of non-private tours only, as in the table above.
What does a sauna experience cost?
| What the listing states | Tours | Prices |
|---|---|---|
| A price per person (not private) | 1 | €35 |
| A price we cannot compare per person | 5 | €31–€599 |
| No price at all | 9 | – |
1 of the 15 sauna experiences states a price per person that can be compared: €35. That is fewer than 10 prices, so this section shows only the range and the number of prices; a “typical” figure elsewhere on the page is the median of these same prices, shown from 5 prices up, and it rests on few tours. The 5 in the middle row do state a price, but not one you can put beside the others: 1 is a private booking whose per-person price depends on group size and 4 do not say what the price covers. Listed starting prices on the collection date; they can be discounted prices. There is no separate price page for this activity, because 10 comparable prices are needed for quartiles.
Best time for a sauna
| Month | Mean temperature (°C) | Night temperature, 20–02, mean (°C) | Day temperature, 10–16, mean (°C) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.8 | -12.9 | -12.6 |
| February | -10.4 | -10.6 | -9.3 |
| March | -6.0 | -7.0 | -3.7 |
| April | -0.5 | -0.5 | 1.4 |
| May | 6.3 | 6.4 | 8.2 |
| June | 12.5 | 12.7 | 14.1 |
| July | 15.1 | 15.2 | 16.9 |
| August | 12.8 | 12.5 | 14.7 |
| September | 7.8 | 7.3 | 9.4 |
| October | 0.3 | -0.2 | 1.1 |
| November | -5.7 | -6.1 | -5.4 |
| December | -9.3 | -9.4 | -9.3 |
- Mean temperature (°C): Kittilä airport (FMI weather station), id 101986, 13.1 km, 2015-2024, FMI daily observations; n = 283–310
- Night temperature, 20–02, mean (°C): Kittilä airport (FMI weather station), id 101986, 13.1 km, 2015-01-01..2024-12-31, FMI temperature observations (t2m, on the hour); n = 282–309
- Day temperature, 10–16, mean (°C): Kittilä airport (FMI weather station), id 101986, 13.1 km, 2015-01-01..2024-12-31, FMI temperature observations (t2m, on the hour); n = 280–310
Source file: data/monthly_metrics.csv
2 of the 15 sauna experiences we list say when in the year they run: 1 in the snow season only, 1 in part of the year that covers both seasons. The other 13 do not say, which is not the same as saying they do not run. The snow season here is November to April.
Season comes from the operator’s own availability calendar in Visit Finland DataHub, or from a season stated on the operator’s own page. The snow season means the months when snow covers the ground on at least half the days at the weather station used on this site. A tour without a season simply does not state one.
The monthly mean temperature is coldest in January, about −13 °C, and the evening (20:00–02:00) averages below −9 °C from December to February. Daytime temperatures (10:00–16:00) stay below zero from November to March. Only 2 of the 15 publish a calendar of the months they run.
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Grouped by duration; within each duration group, per-person prices and prices without a stated basis come first, lowest first, then group prices, then tours without a price.
With a meal (3)
Duration not stated
- Levi Wilderness Sauna and Dinner
Arctic Midnight Group · – · –
Small groupTowels or swimwear includedFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Private Traditional Finnish Lakeside Sauna Experience with Dinner
Soma Adventures · – · –
PrivateFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Private Traditional Wood-Fired Sauna and Dinner in a Wilderness Cabin
Soma Adventures · – · –
PrivateFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
Spa or sauna world (3)
Up to 3 hours
- Igloo Sauna & Hot Tub
Northern Lights Village Levi · 1 h · €105 (basis not stated)
Towels or swimwear included
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - arctic forest sauna & hot tub
sixty eight north · 2 h · –
Towels or swimwear includedFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
Duration not stated
- Forest Sauna and Hot Tub
sixty eight north · – · –
Listed for Dec–Mar
Towels or swimwear included
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
Two or more of these, or another activity (2)
Over 3 and up to 5 hours
- Porsche E-Bike Experience with Traditional Sauna in Levi
Arctic Circle Snowmobile Park · 3 h–4 h · €199 (basis not stated)
Small group
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
Duration not stated
- Canoeing & Sauna Experience on the Kapsajoki River in Levi
Arctic Circle Snowmobile Park · – · €239 (basis not stated)
Small group
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
Sauna only, or not stated (7)
Up to 3 hours
- Riverside sauna and Kiln
Elves Village (Tonttula) · 2 h · €35 / person
Ice swimming includedTowels or swimwear includedFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
Duration not stated
- Mielenvalkea Sauna And Sauna Services
Hullu Poro Oy · – · €31 (basis not stated)
Food or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Private Sauna Experience in Levi
Arctic Circle Snowmobile Park · – · €599 (basis not stated)
Private
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Authentic Arctic Sauna in Levi
Arctic Midnight Group · – · –
Small groupTowels or swimwear includedFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Midnight Sun Sauna Trip to a Wilderness Cabin (Levi)
Lapland Safaris · – · –
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
Duration not stated: 2 more tours are listed when JavaScript is on.
What the marks mean
- Small group
- at most 8 participants, or "small group" in the listing.
- Private
- "private", "yksityinen" or "VIP" in the tour title.
- Ice swimming included
- the operator's own page (read directly, with a quote) says ice swimming or a cold plunge is part of the session.
- Towels or swimwear included
- the operator's own page (read directly, with a quote) says towels or swimwear are provided.
- Food or hot drinks
- a meal, snack or hot drink stated as included.
Features are marked from the text of the listings and the operators’ own pages. A missing mark means the listing does not mention it, not that it is left out. Duration groups use the midpoint of the stated range (a 3–4 hour tour counts as 3.5 hours): up to 3 hours, over 3 and up to 5, over 5 and up to 7, over 7 hours, and tours of several days. Season comes from the operator’s own availability calendar in Visit Finland DataHub, or from a season stated on the operator’s own page. The snow season means the months when snow covers the ground on at least half the days at the weather station used on this site. A tour without a season simply does not state one. Filters are offered only for features that the listings state for at least 70 % of the tours and at least 50 % of the tours from each source, so a feature can be marked on a tour without being offered as a filter. 2 more sauna experiences in our data are not listed here because they have no working booking link yet.
Run a tour here that’s missing, or see an error? Email [email protected]. Reported tours are checked on the operator’s public website before they are added.
Before you book
How long do sauna experiences take?
Of the 4 tours that state a duration in hours, the typical (median) tour takes 2 h; the shortest 1 h and the longest 3 h 30 min. 11 do not state a usable duration.
Can children join?
We do not show minimum ages for these 15 tours: our automatic reading of age limits from the operators' pages did not pass its accuracy check for this destination. Check the age limit on the operator’s page before booking with children.
How cold is it during the day?
Mean daytime temperature (10:00–16:00) by month: December -9.3 °C, January -12.6 °C, February -9.3 °C. Whether winter clothing is included is a separate question above; the tour list marks it on each tour that states it.
When should I book?
A sauna evening does not depend on the weather, so it works well on a night when the sky is cloudy and an aurora tour would not. Ask whether the sauna is private: 4 of the 15 say so in the title.
Based on the 15 sauna experiences in our data, from operators’ own websites.
Background
In a Finnish sauna you sit in dry heat and throw water on the hot stones to make steam (löyly), and cool down outside or in cold water between rounds.
A sauna does not need a clear sky; for the nights that do, see how many nights you need for the northern lights in Levi.
Combined with other activities
A tour sold as more than one activity is counted in each of those guides.
Sauna and ice swimming in other destinations
Each destination’s sauna experiences are collected from its own sources, so the counts on those pages are not comparable with the counts here.
Sources and method
Climate data
- Mean of the daily mean temperatures in the month; n = days with an observation. Source: FMI daily observations (opens in a new tab); Kittilä airport (FMI weather station) (id 101986), 13.1 km from Levi; period 2015-2024; n = 283–310 per month.
- Mean of the hourly temperatures 20:00–02:00 per night, averaged over the month; only nights with every hour observed; n = nights. Source: FMI temperature observations (t2m, on the hour) (opens in a new tab); Kittilä airport (FMI weather station) (id 101986), 13.1 km from Levi; period 2015-01-01..2024-12-31; n = 282–309 per month.
- Mean of the hourly temperatures 10:00–16:00 per day, averaged over the month; only days with every hour observed; n = days. Source: FMI temperature observations (t2m, on the hour) (opens in a new tab); Kittilä airport (FMI weather station) (id 101986), 13.1 km from Levi; period 2015-01-01..2024-12-31; n = 280–310 per month.
We do not compare destinations with these figures, because differences between weather stations can explain differences between places.
Tour data
How operators were found: no single list is complete, so we combined 116 candidate companies from several sources (Visit Finland DataHub 52, the Finnish Trade Register (PRH open data, tourism-related lines of business) 30, web searches in eight languages 46; a company can be in several). Each candidate with a website was checked on its own website. Tour details are taken first from the operator’s own website (or Visit Finland DataHub (opens in a new tab)); booking platforms fill in what the operator’s page does not state.
The tables and tour lists include the sauna experiences in our data that have a working booking link: 15 tours (15 with details from the operator’s own website or Visit Finland DataHub; listed on: DataHub 2, operator site 13 — the same tour is often listed in several places, so these add up to more than 15), collected 2026-09-23. Sauna: a sauna named in the tour title, or (if the title names no activity) in the collected listing text. Pages that are not a single bookable session — a season pass, a ticket range, an overview page — were left out after reading the page. 2 tours were left out because they have no working booking link yet. A tour whose operating base is more than 50 km from the centre is listed only when the tour page says it departs from, or picks up in, the destination; the distance is then shown on the tour. Distances are measured from coordinates in Visit Finland DataHub, or from the postal code of the company’s registered address (PRH open data (opens in a new tab); postal code areas from Statistics Finland (opens in a new tab)). Prices change daily; check them on the booking page.
Links to operators’ own pages were last checked on : 441 addresses across every activity on this site, of which 3 did not answer with a working page and are not linked. GetYourGuide and Viator links are not fetched.
No sort order on this site is affected by commission.
Data source files: data/monthly_metrics.csv, data/levi/operator_catalog.csv, data/levi/discovery/datahub_experiences.csv. Company register data: PRH open data (avoindata.prh.fi) (opens in a new tab).
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