Alstahaug weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Alstahaug is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 49/100), with August close behind. Alstahaug averages about 1,333 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 17°C / 63°F and roughly 113 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,333
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 49/100
- Rain / year
- 1,700 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 17°C / 63°F
- Population
- 19k
- Elevation
- 14 m
When is the best time to visit Alstahaug?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Alstahaug is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 168 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Alstahaug?
Alstahaug isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,333 hours of sunshine a year. 49 Sunshine Score points separate July (49) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #27 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 1,700 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 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 168 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 142 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 150 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| April | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 118 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| May | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 93 mm | 3 | 10° / 50°F |
| June | 28 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 106 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| July | 49 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 113 mm | 3 | 17° / 63°F |
| August | 43 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 119 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| September | 20 | 12° / 54°F | 9° / 48°F | 180 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 158 mm | 0 | 10° / 50°F |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 164 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 189 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
Sea temperature in Alstahaug by month
The sea off Alstahaug is warmest in July at around 17°C / 63°F, and coolest in January at 1°C / 34°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
- Bodø Norway · 168 km · best in Jul · 1,323 h sun/yr
- Trondheim Norway · 287 km · best in Jul · 1,425 h sun/yr
- Harstad/Narvik Norway · 335 km · best in Jul · 1,431 h sun/yr
- Molde Norway · 436 km · best in Jul · 1,233 h sun/yr
- Umeå Sweden · 440 km · best in Jul · 1,887 h sun/yr
- Luleå Sweden · 443 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mosjøen Norway · 39 km · 1,329 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Brønnøy Norway · 56 km · 1,321 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Mo i Rana Norway · 94 km · 1,344 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Hemavan Sweden · 120 km · 1,418 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Rørvik Norway · 139 km · 1,394 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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