Leknes weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Leknes is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 36/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,526
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 36/100
- Rain / year
- 1,213 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈79 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 17°C / 63°F
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 20 m
When is the best time to visit Leknes?
Leknes never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 36/100, 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 Leknes?
Leknes isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,526 hours of sunshine a year. July (36/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #11 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 1,213 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 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 115 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 99 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 102 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 77 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| May | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 64 mm | 2 | 7° / 45°F |
| June | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 8° / 46°F | 73 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| July | 36 | 14° / 57°F | 11° / 52°F | 83 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| August | 36 | 14° / 57°F | 11° / 52°F | 84 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| September | 16 | 11° / 52°F | 9° / 48°F | 125 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 6° / 43°F | 124 mm | 0 | 10° / 50°F |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 130 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 137 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Leknes by month
The sea off Leknes is warmest in August at around 17°C / 63°F, and coolest in February 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
- Bodø Norway · 103 km · best in Jul · 1,323 h sun/yr
- Harstad/Narvik Norway · 132 km · best in Jul · 1,431 h sun/yr
- Tromsø Norway · 272 km · best in Jul · 1,713 h sun/yr
- Alta Norway · 437 km · best in Jul · 1,800 h sun/yr
- Luleå Sweden · 471 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 472 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Svolvær Norway · 45 km · 1,346 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Hadsel Norway · 75 km · 1,353 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Røst Norway · 94 km · 1,508 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Andenes Norway · 163 km · 1,447 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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