Haugesund weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Haugesund is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 45/100), with July and June close behind. Haugesund averages about 1,459 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 17°C / 63°F and roughly 146 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,459
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 45/100
- Rain / year
- 1,823 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈16 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 16°C / 61°F
- Population
- 40k
- Elevation
- 20 m
When is the best time to visit Haugesund?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Haugesund is August, then July and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 204 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Haugesund?
Haugesund isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,459 hours of sunshine a year. 45 Sunshine Score points separate August (45) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #14 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 1,823 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 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 204 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 147 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 133 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 101 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| May | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 8° / 46°F | 89 mm | 4 | 10° / 50°F |
| June | 35 | 14° / 57°F | 11° / 52°F | 94 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| July | 44 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 114 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| August | 45 | 17° / 63°F | 14° / 57°F | 146 mm | 3 | 15° / 59°F |
| September | 35 | 15° / 59°F | 12° / 54°F | 175 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| October | 15 | 11° / 52°F | 9° / 48°F | 196 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 6° / 43°F | 206 mm | 0 | 11° / 52°F |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 4° / 39°F | 218 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
Sea temperature in Haugesund by month
The sea off Haugesund is warmest in September at around 16°C / 61°F, and coolest in February at 6°C / 43°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
- Stavanger Norway · 58 km · best in Jul · 1,536 h sun/yr
- Bergen Norway · 105 km · best in Jul · 1,312 h sun/yr
- Kristiansand(Kjevik) Norway · 209 km · best in Jul · 1,709 h sun/yr
- Sandefjord(Torp) Norway · 287 km · best in Jul · 1,649 h sun/yr
- Oslo (Gardermoen) Norway · 343 km · best in Jul · 1,634 h sun/yr
- Ålesund Norway · 361 km · best in Jul · 1,230 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Leirvik Norway · 50 km · 1,465 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sogndal Norway · 228 km · 1,356 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Førde Norway · 229 km · 1,260 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Haugesund compares month by month: Haugesund vs Bergen · Haugesund vs Stavanger · Haugesund vs Kristiansand(Kjevik) · all comparisons
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