Hadsel weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Hadsel 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
- 1,353
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 40/100
- Rain / year
- 1,289 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 16°C / 61°F
- Population
- 21k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Hadsel?
Hadsel 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 Hadsel?
Hadsel isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,353 hours of sunshine a year. July (40/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #24 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 1,289 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 | 114 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -3° / 27°F | 104 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 109 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| April | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 84 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| May | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 73 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| June | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 85 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| July | 40 | 15° / 59°F | 11° / 52°F | 97 mm | 3 | 15° / 59°F |
| August | 40 | 15° / 59°F | 11° / 52°F | 96 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| September | 15 | 11° / 52°F | 8° / 46°F | 135 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 128 mm | 0 | 10° / 50°F |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 128 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 136 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Hadsel by month
The sea off Hadsel is warmest in August at around 16°C / 61°F, and coolest in January 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
- Harstad/Narvik Norway · 68 km · best in Jul · 1,431 h sun/yr
- Bodø Norway · 148 km · best in Jul · 1,323 h sun/yr
- Tromsø Norway · 197 km · best in Jul · 1,713 h sun/yr
- Alta Norway · 363 km · best in Jul · 1,800 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 417 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Luleå Sweden · 456 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Svolvær Norway · 40 km · 1,346 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Leknes Norway · 75 km · 1,526 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Andenes Norway · 91 km · 1,447 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Målselv Norway · 151 km · 1,703 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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