Sørkjosen weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Sørkjosen is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 47/100). Sørkjosen averages about 1,763 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 16°C / 61°F and roughly 98 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,763
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 47/100
- Rain / year
- 1,065 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 16°C / 61°F
- Population
- 42k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Sørkjosen?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Sørkjosen is July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 78 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Sørkjosen?
Sørkjosen isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,763 hours of sunshine a year. 47 Sunshine Score points separate July (47) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 1,065 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° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 78 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -7° / 19°F | 77 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 97 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 68 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 82 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| June | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 96 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| July | 47 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 98 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| August | 36 | 14° / 57°F | 10° / 50°F | 90 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| September | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 96 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| October | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 100 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| November | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 87 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -4° / 25°F | 96 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
Sea temperature in Sørkjosen by month
The sea off Sørkjosen is warmest in July at around 16°C / 61°F, and coolest in April at -2°C / 28°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
- Tromsø Norway · 79 km · best in Jul · 1,713 h sun/yr
- Alta Norway · 95 km · best in Jul · 1,800 h sun/yr
- Harstad/Narvik Norway · 222 km · best in Jul · 1,431 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 280 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Ivalo Finland · 286 km · best in Jul · 1,726 h sun/yr
- Bodø Norway · 387 km · best in Jul · 1,323 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Hasvik Norway · 90 km · best in Jul
- Målselv Norway · 125 km · 1,703 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Hammerfest Norway · 142 km · best in Jul
- Lakselv Norway · 156 km · best in Jul
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