Molde weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Molde is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 53/100), with August close behind. Molde averages about 1,233 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 155 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,233
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 53/100
- Rain / year
- 1,948 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 17°C / 63°F
- Population
- 33k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Molde?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Molde is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 198 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Molde?
Molde isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,233 hours of sunshine a year. 53 Sunshine Score points separate July (53) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #34 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 1,948 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 | -3° / 27°F | 198 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -4° / 25°F | 164 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 160 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 1° / 34°F | 119 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| May | 11 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 113 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| June | 35 | 15° / 59°F | 9° / 48°F | 141 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| July | 53 | 19° / 66°F | 13° / 55°F | 155 mm | 4 | 17° / 63°F |
| August | 53 | 19° / 66°F | 12° / 54°F | 168 mm | 3 | 17° / 63°F |
| September | 34 | 15° / 59°F | 9° / 48°F | 185 mm | 1 | 15° / 59°F |
| October | 5 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 151 mm | 1 | 11° / 52°F |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 184 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 210 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
Sea temperature in Molde by month
The sea off Molde is warmest in July at around 17°C / 63°F, and coolest in February at 3°C / 37°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
- Ålesund Norway · 62 km · best in Jul · 1,230 h sun/yr
- Trondheim Norway · 201 km · best in Jul · 1,425 h sun/yr
- Bergen Norway · 293 km · best in Jul · 1,312 h sun/yr
- Oslo (Gardermoen) Norway · 349 km · best in Jul · 1,634 h sun/yr
- Haugesund Norway · 394 km · best in Aug · 1,459 h sun/yr
- Sandefjord(Torp) Norway · 427 km · best in Jul · 1,649 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kristiansund Norway · 50 km · 1,427 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ørsta Norway · 88 km · 1,225 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sandane Norway · 118 km · 1,365 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ørland Norway · 158 km · 1,409 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Førde Norway · 170 km · 1,260 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Molde compares month by month: Molde vs Bergen · Molde vs Trondheim · Molde vs Ålesund · all comparisons
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