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Bodø climate by month
What the weather is like
Bodø has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 17° and nights 11°. February is the coolest month, with highs of 1° and lows of -3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 1,574 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (164 mm, 21 wet days) and April the driest (96 mm, 17 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 44% in May to 56% in January.
The sea reaches about 13° 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, Bodø is 6.1° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 17° · July
- Coldest nights
- -3° · February
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- May · 44% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 13° · August
- Longest day
- 24 h 00 min
- Shortest day
- 1 h 18 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 | 2° | 1° | 3° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 16° | 13° | 8° | 5° | 3° |
| Average low | -3° | -3° | -2° | 1° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 1° | -1° |
| Precipitation | 154 mm | 108 mm | 103 mm | 96 mm | 89 mm | 85 mm | 109 mm | 123 mm | 186 mm | 200 mm | 157 mm | 164 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 18.5 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 17.3 | 18 | 17.9 | 18.5 | 19.1 | 20.1 | 19.2 | 20.8 | 20.9 |
| Cloud cover | 56% | 53% | 49% | 45% | 44% | 45% | 49% | 46% | 47% | 52% | 52% | 54% |
| Sea temperature | 5° | 4° | 4° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 13° | 11° | 10° | 8° | 7° |
| Daylight | 3h 43 | 7h 59 | 11h 35 | 15h 32 | 19h 49 | 24h 00 | 22h 38 | 17h 18 | 13h 17 | 9h 32 | 5h 27 | 1h 18 |
| Month score | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 53 | 51 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 15 |