Bodø weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Bodø is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 40/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,323
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 40/100
- Rain / year
- 1,318 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 17°C / 63°F
- Population
- 34k
- Elevation
- 9 m
When is the best time to visit Bodø?
Bodø never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 40/100, 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 Bodø?
Bodø isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,323 hours of sunshine a year. July (40/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #29 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 1,318 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 | -1° / 30°F | 121 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 105 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 108 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 84 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| May | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 77 mm | 2 | 9° / 48°F |
| June | 23 | 12° / 54°F | 9° / 48°F | 93 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| July | 40 | 15° / 59°F | 12° / 54°F | 99 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| August | 40 | 15° / 59°F | 12° / 54°F | 94 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| September | 20 | 12° / 54°F | 9° / 48°F | 137 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 5° / 41°F | 129 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 129 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 142 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Bodø by month
The sea off Bodø is warmest in August at around 17°C / 63°F, and coolest in February at 2°C / 36°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 · 167 km · best in Jul · 1,431 h sun/yr
- Tromsø Norway · 326 km · best in Jul · 1,713 h sun/yr
- Luleå Sweden · 395 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 448 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Trondheim Norway · 453 km · best in Jul · 1,425 h sun/yr
- Alta Norway · 472 km · best in Jul · 1,800 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mo i Rana Norway · 101 km · 1,344 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Røst Norway · 101 km · 1,508 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Leknes Norway · 103 km · 1,526 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Svolvær Norway · 109 km · 1,346 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Hadsel Norway · 148 km · 1,353 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Bodø compares month by month: Bodø vs Luleå · Bodø vs Harstad/Narvik · Bodø vs Tromsø · all comparisons
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