Ålesund weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Ålesund is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 46/100), with August close behind. Ålesund averages about 1,230 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 17°C / 63°F and roughly 131 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,230
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 46/100
- Rain / year
- 1,767 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 16°C / 61°F
- Population
- 53k
- Elevation
- 20 m
When is the best time to visit Ålesund?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ålesund is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 172 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ålesund?
Ålesund isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,230 hours of sunshine a year. 46 Sunshine Score points separate July (46) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #35 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 1,767 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 172 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 147 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 138 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 105 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| May | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 7° / 45°F | 102 mm | 3 | 11° / 52°F |
| June | 32 | 14° / 57°F | 10° / 50°F | 116 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| July | 46 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 131 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| August | 43 | 17° / 63°F | 13° / 55°F | 155 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| September | 29 | 14° / 57°F | 10° / 50°F | 183 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
| October | 10 | 10° / 50°F | 7° / 45°F | 152 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 172 mm | 0 | 10° / 50°F |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 194 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
Sea temperature in Ålesund by month
The sea off Ålesund is warmest in August at around 16°C / 61°F, and coolest in February at 5°C / 41°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Molde Norway · 62 km · best in Jul · 1,233 h sun/yr
- Bergen Norway · 257 km · best in Jul · 1,312 h sun/yr
- Trondheim Norway · 263 km · best in Jul · 1,425 h sun/yr
- Haugesund Norway · 361 km · best in Aug · 1,459 h sun/yr
- Oslo (Gardermoen) Norway · 374 km · best in Jul · 1,634 h sun/yr
- Stavanger Norway · 410 km · best in Jul · 1,536 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ørsta Norway · 42 km · 1,225 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sandane Norway · 81 km · 1,365 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kristiansund Norway · 106 km · 1,427 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Florø Norway · 122 km · 1,263 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Førde Norway · 131 km · 1,260 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Ålesund compares month by month: Ålesund vs Bergen · Ålesund vs Trondheim · Ålesund vs Molde · Ålesund vs Vágar · all comparisons
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