Bergen weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Bergen is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 45/100), with August and June close behind. Bergen averages about 1,312 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 17°C / 63°F and roughly 144 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,312
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 45/100
- Rain / year
- 2,333 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈96 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 16°C / 61°F
- Population
- 294k
- Elevation
- 44 m
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When is the best time to visit Bergen?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bergen is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 256 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bergen?
Bergen isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,312 hours of sunshine a year. 45 Sunshine Score points separate July (45) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #31 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 2,333 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 | 1° / 34°F | 256 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 190 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 181 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 132 mm | 2 | 7° / 45°F |
| May | 22 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 116 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| June | 37 | 15° / 59°F | 10° / 50°F | 125 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| July | 45 | 17° / 63°F | 13° / 55°F | 144 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| August | 44 | 17° / 63°F | 13° / 55°F | 179 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| September | 29 | 14° / 57°F | 11° / 52°F | 233 mm | 2 | 15° / 59°F |
| October | 10 | 10° / 50°F | 7° / 45°F | 246 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 257 mm | 0 | 10° / 50°F |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 274 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
Sea temperature in Bergen by month
The sea off Bergen is warmest in July 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
- Haugesund Norway · 105 km · best in Aug · 1,459 h sun/yr
- Stavanger Norway · 159 km · best in Jul · 1,536 h sun/yr
- Ålesund Norway · 257 km · best in Jul · 1,230 h sun/yr
- Kristiansand(Kjevik) Norway · 284 km · best in Jul · 1,709 h sun/yr
- Molde Norway · 293 km · best in Jul · 1,233 h sun/yr
- Sandefjord(Torp) Norway · 308 km · best in Jul · 1,649 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Leirvik Norway · 56 km · 1,465 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Førde Norway · 125 km · 1,260 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sogndal Norway · 142 km · 1,356 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Florø Norway · 144 km · 1,263 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Bergen compares month by month: Bergen vs Stavanger · Bergen vs Ålesund · Bergen vs Haugesund · Bergen vs Molde · all comparisons
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