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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Larvik

Larvik climate by month

Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean8°day and night
Seasonal swing17°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,020 mm162 wet days a year
59.05° N, 10.04° EElevation 49 mUTC+1 · Central European Standard Time
When to goLarvik · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec21October
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low11° / 6°
iSummary

What the weather is like

Larvik 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 20° and nights 14°. February is the coolest month, with highs of 2° and lows of -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.

About 1,020 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (104 mm, 17 wet days) and March the driest (70 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 32% in July to 51% in November.

The sea reaches about 18° 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, Larvik is 2.7° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.

Year in figures

Hottest afternoons
20° · July
Coldest nights
-2° · February
Wettest month
August
Driest month
March
Clearest skies
July · 32% cloud
Warmest sea
18° · August
Longest day
18 h 28 min
Shortest day
6 h 13 min
iiCharts

Twelve months at a glance

Temperature and precipitation

Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature line

Temperature curve

Average high, low and sea
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Daylight

Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month
1015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
iiiData table

Climate normals month by month

Climate normals for Larvik by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high2°2°5°9°14°18°20°20°16°11°6°3°
Average low-2°-2°0°3°8°12°14°14°11°6°3°0°
Precipitation83 mm57 mm70 mm56 mm68 mm69 mm85 mm104 mm97 mm133 mm114 mm84 mm
Wet days (≥1 mm)14.612.29.89.913.213.315.516.6131514.814.2
Cloud cover50%48%46%40%33%34%32%34%39%46%51%49%
Sea temperature5°3°4°6°11°15°17°18°15°12°9°6°
Daylight6h 569h 1711h 4314h 2616h 5418h 2817h 4815h 3312h 5510h 197h 466h 13
Month score172228304867666555211617