Bergen climate

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Bergen is warmest in July, with average highs of 17 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -1.8 °C. December is the wettest month (269 mm) and May the driest (117 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bergen averages 2,380 mm of rain, 2 days above 25 °C and 82 days below freezing.

Norway · population 294,029 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 17 °C
Coldest month February -1.8 °C
Driest month May 117 mm
Wettest month December 269 mm
Least cloud May 60 % cloud
Hottest on record July 31 °C
Coldest on record January -19 °C
Warmest sea August 16 °C

What to expectBergen through the year

Bergen has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.7 °C in February to 17 °C in July, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 2 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 82 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 269 mm against 117 mm in May — 2.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Bergen is warmest in August at 16 °C and coldest in March at 5.2 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	2.4 °C	246 mm	78 %
February	2.7 °C	209 mm	76 %
March	4.7 °C	192 mm	74 %
April	8.7 °C	133 mm	67 %
May	12.3 °C	117 mm	60 %
June	15.0 °C	118 mm	67 %
July	17.1 °C	149 mm	70 %
August	17.1 °C	187 mm	72 %
September	14.2 °C	245 mm	74 %
October	9.7 °C	258 mm	74 %
November	5.4 °C	256 mm	77 %
December	2.9 °C	269 mm	79 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	2.4 °C	-1.2 °C	0.7 °C	9.2 °C	-18.6 °C	0	16
February	2.7 °C	-1.8 °C	0.6 °C	11.2 °C	-17.7 °C	0	16
March	4.7 °C	-0.5 °C	2.2 °C	14.0 °C	-15.4 °C	0	15
April	8.7 °C	2.1 °C	5.6 °C	20.2 °C	-6.6 °C	0	7
May	12.3 °C	5.4 °C	9.1 °C	28.4 °C	-1.5 °C	0	1
June	15.0 °C	8.8 °C	12.2 °C	27.4 °C	2.0 °C	0	0
July	17.1 °C	11.1 °C	14.4 °C	31.2 °C	5.4 °C	1	0
August	17.1 °C	11.3 °C	14.3 °C	27.3 °C	4.2 °C	1	0
September	14.2 °C	8.9 °C	11.6 °C	23.5 °C	0.4 °C	0	0
October	9.7 °C	4.9 °C	7.3 °C	19.7 °C	-6.6 °C	0	2
November	5.4 °C	1.6 °C	3.5 °C	15.0 °C	-11.8 °C	0	9
December	2.9 °C	-0.8 °C	1.2 °C	10.3 °C	-16.3 °C	0	16

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	246 mm	20	6.6 h/day	78 %	84 %	25 km/h	6.6 °C
February	209 mm	17	9.1 h/day	76 %	83 %	23 km/h	5.6 °C
March	192 mm	18	12 h/day	74 %	82 %	22 km/h	5.2 °C
April	133 mm	15	15 h/day	67 %	79 %	20 km/h	6.2 °C
May	117 mm	14	17 h/day	60 %	77 %	19 km/h	8.5 °C
June	118 mm	14	19 h/day	67 %	79 %	19 km/h	11.8 °C
July	149 mm	16	18 h/day	70 %	83 %	17 km/h	14.6 °C
August	187 mm	17	16 h/day	72 %	83 %	18 km/h	15.9 °C
September	245 mm	18	13 h/day	74 %	84 %	20 km/h	14.5 °C
October	258 mm	19	10 h/day	74 %	85 %	21 km/h	12.1 °C
November	256 mm	19	7.5 h/day	77 %	85 %	23 km/h	9.8 °C
December	269 mm	20	5.8 h/day	79 %	85 %	24 km/h	7.9 °C

How Bergen compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Bergen	17 °C	-1.8 °C	2,380 mm	2
Stavanger · Norway	17 °C	0.09 °C	1,780 mm	1
Oslo · Norway	22 °C	-6.7 °C	949 mm	13
Trondheim · Norway	19 °C	-5.9 °C	1,065 mm	7

Where Bergen ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in August	10th of 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Europe in July	10th of 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Europe in June	11th of 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Europe in May	18th of 50	12 °C
The coolest places in the world in May	26th of 50	12 °C
The coolest places in Europe in September	28th of 50	14 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bergen.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bergen’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bergen?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and May the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bergen get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 17 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -1.8 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 82 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bergen?

December, averaging 269 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is May with 117 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,380 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bergen rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 60.393°, 5.324° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.