Ørsta weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Ørsta is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 53/100), with August and June close behind. Ørsta averages about 1,225 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 156 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,225
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 53/100
- Rain / year
- 2,137 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 16°C / 61°F
- Population
- 6k
- Elevation
- 78 m
When is the best time to visit Ørsta?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ørsta is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 218 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ørsta?
Ørsta isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,225 hours of sunshine a year. 53 Sunshine Score points separate July (53) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #36 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 2,137 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 | -4° / 25°F | 218 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 179 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| March | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -3° / 27°F | 172 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| April | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 123 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| May | 21 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 123 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| June | 45 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 142 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| July | 53 | 19° / 66°F | 12° / 54°F | 156 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| August | 48 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 178 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| September | 29 | 14° / 57°F | 9° / 48°F | 217 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
| October | 5 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 180 mm | 1 | 11° / 52°F |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 209 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 240 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
Sea temperature in Ørsta by month
The sea off Ørsta is warmest in August at around 16°C / 61°F, and coolest in March at 5°C / 41°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
- Ålesund Norway · 42 km · best in Jul · 1,230 h sun/yr
- Molde Norway · 88 km · best in Jul · 1,233 h sun/yr
- Bergen Norway · 215 km · best in Jul · 1,312 h sun/yr
- Trondheim Norway · 284 km · best in Jul · 1,425 h sun/yr
- Haugesund Norway · 319 km · best in Aug · 1,459 h sun/yr
- Oslo (Gardermoen) Norway · 348 km · best in Jul · 1,634 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Sandane Norway · 39 km · 1,365 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Florø Norway · 86 km · 1,263 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Førde Norway · 89 km · 1,260 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sogndal Norway · 127 km · 1,356 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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