Mo i Rana weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · small town · subarctic climate
Mo i Rana is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 44/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,344
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 44/100
- Rain / year
- 2,340 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈8.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 19k
- Elevation
- 70 m
When is the best time to visit Mo i Rana?
Mo i Rana never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 44/100, 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 Mo i Rana?
Mo i Rana isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,344 hours of sunshine a year. July (44/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #26 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 2,340 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -9° / 16°F | 225 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -9° / 16°F | 199 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -7° / 19°F | 221 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 169 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 2° / 36°F | 142 mm | 3 |
| June | 15 | 11° / 52°F | 7° / 45°F | 153 mm | 3 |
| July | 44 | 17° / 63°F | 11° / 52°F | 161 mm | 3 |
| August | 39 | 16° / 61°F | 10° / 50°F | 160 mm | 2 |
| September | 15 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 230 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 212 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -4° / 25°F | 213 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 255 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Bodø Norway · 101 km · best in Jul · 1,323 h sun/yr
- Harstad/Narvik Norway · 257 km · best in Jul · 1,431 h sun/yr
- Trondheim Norway · 360 km · best in Jul · 1,425 h sun/yr
- Luleå Sweden · 366 km · best in Jul · 1,895 h sun/yr
- Umeå Sweden · 400 km · best in Jul · 1,887 h sun/yr
- Tromsø Norway · 416 km · best in Jul · 1,713 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Hemavan Sweden · 71 km · 1,418 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Mosjøen Norway · 81 km · 1,329 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Alstahaug Norway · 94 km · 1,333 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Brønnøy Norway · 138 km · 1,321 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Røst Norway · 161 km · 1,508 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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