Vadsø weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · subarctic climate
Vadsø is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 42/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 42/100
- Rain / year
- 724 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 15°C / 59°F
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 32 m
When is the best time to visit Vadsø?
Vadsø never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 42/100, 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 Vadsø?
Vadsø never scores well for sunshine: even July, its best month, reaches only 42/100. July (42/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It is one of 46 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in Norway. The year's 724 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° / 23°F | -9° / 16°F | 43 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| February | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -9° / 16°F | 36 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| March | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -7° / 19°F | 44 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| April | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 44 mm | 1 | 2° / 36°F |
| May | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 65 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| June | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 78 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| July | 42 | 15° / 59°F | 10° / 50°F | 98 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| August | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 90 mm | 2 | 15° / 59°F |
| September | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 5° / 41°F | 65 mm | 1 | 11° / 52°F |
| October | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 1° / 34°F | 67 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| November | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -4° / 25°F | 44 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -7° / 19°F | 50 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Vadsø by month
The sea off Vadsø is warmest in August at around 15°C / 59°F, and coolest in January at 2°C / 36°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
See Vadsø on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Murmansk Russia · 182 km · best in Jul · 1,514 h sun/yr
- Ivalo Finland · 188 km · best in Jul · 1,726 h sun/yr
- Alta Norway · 246 km · best in Jul · 1,800 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 330 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Tromsø Norway · 420 km · best in Jul · 1,713 h sun/yr
- Rovaniemi Finland · 423 km · best in Jul · 1,636 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kirkenes Norway · 38 km · 1,654 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Vardø Norway · 56 km · best in Jul
- Båtsfjord Norway · 60 km · best in Jul
- Berlevåg Norway · 95 km · best in Jul
- Mehamn Norway · 131 km · best in Aug
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