Vardø weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Vardø is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 25/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 25/100
- Rain / year
- 774 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 13°C / 55°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 12 m
When is the best time to visit Vardø?
Vardø never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 25/100, 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 Vardø?
Vardø never scores well for sunshine: even July, its best month, reaches only 25/100. July (25/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It is one of 46 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in Norway. The year's 774 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° / 30°F | -4° / 25°F | 60 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| February | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -4° / 25°F | 50 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -2° / 28°F | 62 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| April | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 51 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| May | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 59 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| June | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 6° / 43°F | 65 mm | 3 | 7° / 45°F |
| July | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 9° / 48°F | 78 mm | 3 | 11° / 52°F |
| August | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 9° / 48°F | 76 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| September | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 7° / 45°F | 62 mm | 1 | 12° / 54°F |
| October | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 81 mm | 0 | 10° / 50°F |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 58 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 72 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
Sea temperature in Vardø by month
The sea off Vardø is warmest in August at around 13°C / 55°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.
See Vardø on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Murmansk Russia · 187 km · best in Jul · 1,514 h sun/yr
- Ivalo Finland · 241 km · best in Jul · 1,726 h sun/yr
- Alta Norway · 292 km · best in Jul · 1,800 h sun/yr
- Kittilä Finland · 384 km · best in Jul · 1,732 h sun/yr
- Tromsø Norway · 466 km · best in Jul · 1,713 h sun/yr
- Rovaniemi Finland · 472 km · best in Jul · 1,636 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Vadsø Norway · 56 km · best in Jul
- Båtsfjord Norway · 57 km · best in Jul
- Kirkenes Norway · 83 km · 1,654 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Berlevåg Norway · 94 km · best in Jul
- Mehamn Norway · 140 km · best in Aug
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