Hammerfest weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · subarctic climate
Hammerfest is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 42/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 42/100
- Rain / year
- 987 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 14°C / 57°F
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 76 m
When is the best time to visit Hammerfest?
Hammerfest never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 42/100, 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 Hammerfest?
Hammerfest never scores well for sunshine: even July, its best month, reaches only 42/100. July (42/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It is one of 46 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in Norway. The year's 987 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° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 69 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| February | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 65 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 83 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| April | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 63 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| May | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 79 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| June | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 95 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| July | 42 | 15° / 59°F | 10° / 50°F | 100 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| August | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 93 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
| September | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 6° / 43°F | 86 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| October | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 92 mm | 0 | 10° / 50°F |
| November | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -3° / 27°F | 78 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -5° / 23°F | 84 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
Sea temperature in Hammerfest by month
The sea off Hammerfest is warmest in August at around 14°C / 57°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
- Alta Norway · 79 km · best in Jul · 1,800 h sun/yr
- Tromsø Norway · 210 km · best in Jul · 1,713 h sun/yr
- Ivalo Finland · 272 km · best in Jul · 1,726 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 334 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Harstad/Narvik Norway · 364 km · best in Jul · 1,431 h sun/yr
- Murmansk Russia · 408 km · best in Jul · 1,514 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Hasvik Norway · 60 km · best in Jul
- Lakselv Norway · 84 km · best in Jul
- Honningsvåg Norway · 92 km · best in Jul
- Sørkjosen Norway · 142 km · 1,763 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Mehamn Norway · 157 km · best in Aug
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