Andenes weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Andenes is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 31/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,447
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 31/100
- Rain / year
- 1,029 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈96 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 16°C / 61°F
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 6 m
When is the best time to visit Andenes?
Andenes never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 31/100, and January is the low point (0/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.
How sunny is Andenes?
Andenes isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,447 hours of sunshine a year. July (31/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #15 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 1,029 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 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 91 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 86 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 96 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
| April | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 71 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 5° / 41°F | 60 mm | 2 | 7° / 45°F |
| June | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 7° / 45°F | 67 mm | 3 | 11° / 52°F |
| July | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 10° / 50°F | 70 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| August | 30 | 13° / 55°F | 11° / 52°F | 76 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| September | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 9° / 48°F | 102 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 5° / 41°F | 99 mm | 0 | 11° / 52°F |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 103 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 1° / 34°F | 108 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
Sea temperature in Andenes by month
The sea off Andenes is warmest in August at around 16°C / 61°F, and coolest in February at 4°C / 39°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
- Harstad/Narvik Norway · 92 km · best in Jul · 1,431 h sun/yr
- Tromsø Norway · 117 km · best in Jul · 1,713 h sun/yr
- Bodø Norway · 237 km · best in Jul · 1,323 h sun/yr
- Alta Norway · 290 km · best in Jul · 1,800 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 396 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Ivalo Finland · 456 km · best in Jul · 1,726 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Hadsel Norway · 91 km · 1,353 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Målselv Norway · 99 km · 1,703 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Svolvær Norway · 131 km · 1,346 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Leknes Norway · 163 km · 1,526 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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