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Bergen climate by month
What the weather is like
Bergen has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 19° and nights 12°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 5° and lows of 0°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 2,684 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (276 mm, 23 wet days) and April the driest (143 mm, 17 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 39% in May to 56% in January.
The sea reaches about 16° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Oslo, the capital, Bergen is 3.9° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 19° · July
- Coldest nights
- 0° · February
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- May · 39% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 16° · August
- Longest day
- 18 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 5 h 49 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 5° | 5° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 16° | 12° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low | 0° | 0° | 1° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 10° | 6° | 3° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 278 mm | 212 mm | 213 mm | 143 mm | 123 mm | 146 mm | 175 mm | 228 mm | 284 mm | 316 mm | 290 mm | 276 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 22.3 | 19.1 | 20.2 | 16.9 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 21 | 21.9 | 21.6 | 20.2 | 21.4 | 22.8 |
| Cloud cover | 56% | 53% | 54% | 46% | 39% | 41% | 44% | 46% | 48% | 52% | 53% | 54% |
| Sea temperature | 7° | 6° | 5° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 16° | 15° | 12° | 10° | 8° |
| Daylight | 6h 36 | 9h 08 | 11h 42 | 14h 35 | 17h 13 | 18h 57 | 18h 13 | 15h 46 | 12h 57 | 10h 13 | 7h 30 | 5h 49 |
| Month score | 14 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 45 | 58 | 61 | 60 | 48 | 24 | 15 | 15 |