Bergen
Elevation 5 m60.39° N, 5.32° E
When to go?
Mean 2 °C, 20 rain days in the month (258 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Dark6.6 hours of daylight
Mean 2 °C, 19 rain days in the month (223 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 4 °C, 19 rain days in the month (185 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 7 °C, 15 rain days in the month (126 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 10 °C, 16 rain days in the month (123 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 13 °C, 15 rain days in the month (132 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 15 °C, 18 rain days in the month (164 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 15 °C, 18 rain days in the month (231 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 12 °C, 19 rain days in the month (277 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 8 °C, 21 rain days in the month (316 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain15 mm per rain day
Mean 5 °C, 20 rain days in the month (283 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 3 °C, 20 rain days in the month (292 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Dark5.8 hours of daylight
No month without a contraindication; the least rainy is May. Avoid all year (often rainy, at times torrential rain and dark).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +0.7 °C (cells at 119 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: North Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: North Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: North Sea (°C)
Snow on the ground
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.3 °C; in the last ten years by +1.7 °C. Warmest year: 2014 (+2.5 °C), coldest: 1966 (−1.6 °C).
January and February warmed the most (+2.0 and +1.8 °C), October the least (+0.5 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 7 °C) begins 12 days earlier and ends 5 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: +2 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+0.5 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990
Snow, then and now
−53 %winter snow today, compared with 1961–1990