Bodø weather in July

In July, Bodø sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 99 mm of rain across 15.2 wet days and about 21.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 24 hours at the start of July to 19 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Bodø's 5th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bodø's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 99 mm; 15.2 wet days
Daylight: 21 h 24 min; 1:26 AM – 10:50 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 5th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Bodø is settlement in Bodø Municipality, Norway.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 3.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 2,405/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1816

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical July day in Bodø reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	9
2	15	9
3	15	10
4	15	10
5	15	10
6	15	10
7	15	10
8	15	10
9	15	10
10	15	10
11	15	10
12	15	10
13	15	10
14	16	10
15	16	11
16	16	11
17	16	11
18	16	11
19	16	11
20	16	11
21	16	11
22	16	11
23	16	11
24	16	11
25	16	11
26	16	11
27	16	11
28	17	11
29	17	11
30	17	11
31	17	11

How July really feels in Bodø

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bodø weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-1° / -6°	147	17.3	16.2	2.6	0.0
Feb	-1° / -6°	117	15.5	15	7.2	0.0
Mar	1° / -4°	127	17.1	15.8	11.1	0.0
Apr	5° / -1°	94	15.4	10.6	15	0.2
May	9° / 4°	94	16.3	5.2	19.3	1.5
Jun	13° / 8°	99	15.9	0.5	23.6	2.9
Jul	16° / 10°	99	15.2	0	21.6	4.1
Aug	15° / 10°	110	16.7	0	16.8	3.9
Sep	12° / 7°	157	17.8	0.5	12.8	2.5
Oct	6° / 2°	150	17.7	6.3	8.8	0.6
Nov	2° / -2°	126	16.6	10.5	4.6	0.0
Dec	0° / -4°	150	17.7	15	0.3	0.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	29
Cloudier (%)	73	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	74	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	27	73
20	26	74
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Bodø gets around 99 mm of rain over 15.2 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 49% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	50	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	46
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	49
10	50
11	50
12	51
13	51
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	51
22	51
23	50
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	48
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	49

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	94	93	93	92	92	91	91	90	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	88	88
Comfortable (%)	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	98	2	0
5	97	3	0
6	97	3	0
7	97	3	0
8	97	3	0
9	96	4	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	94	6	0
14	93	7	0
15	93	7	0
16	92	8	0
17	92	8	0
18	91	9	0
19	91	9	0
20	90	10	0
21	89	10	1
22	88	11	1
23	88	11	1
24	88	11	1
25	87	12	1
26	87	12	1
27	87	12	1
28	87	12	1
29	87	12	1
30	88	11	1
31	88	11	1

Wind in July

Winds average 9 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 24 hours at the start of July to 19 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	23.9	23.2	22.9	22.6	22.4	22.2	22.0	21.8	21.6	21.4	21.2	21.1	20.9	20.7	20.6	20.4	20.3	20.1	20.0	19.8	19.7	19.5	19.4	19.2	19.1
Sunrise (AM)	—	—	—	—	—	—	12:11	12:31	12:41	12:49	12:56	1:03	1:09	1:15	1:20	1:26	1:31	1:36	1:41	1:46	1:51	1:56	2:01	2:05	2:10	2:15	2:19	2:24	2:28	2:32	2:37
Sunset (PM)	—	—	—	—	—	—	12:03	11:44	11:34	11:26	11:19	11:13	11:07	11:01	10:56	10:50	10:45	10:40	10:35	10:31	10:26	10:21	10:17	10:12	10:07	10:03	9:58	9:54	9:49	9:45	9:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	24.0	—	—
2	24.0	—	—
3	24.0	—	—
4	24.0	—	—
5	24.0	—	—
6	24.0	—	—
7	23.9	12:11	12:03
8	23.2	12:31	11:44
9	22.9	12:41	11:34
10	22.6	12:49	11:26
11	22.4	12:56	11:19
12	22.2	1:03	11:13
13	22.0	1:09	11:07
14	21.8	1:15	11:01
15	21.6	1:20	10:56
16	21.4	1:26	10:50
17	21.2	1:31	10:45
18	21.1	1:36	10:40
19	20.9	1:41	10:35
20	20.7	1:46	10:31
21	20.6	1:51	10:26
22	20.4	1:56	10:21
23	20.3	2:01	10:17
24	20.1	2:05	10:12
25	20.0	2:10	10:07
26	19.8	2:15	10:03
27	19.7	2:19	9:58
28	19.5	2:24	9:54
29	19.4	2:28	9:49
30	19.2	2:32	9:45
31	19.1	2:37	9:40

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 4.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.43 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Bodø?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

July is a reasonable time to visit Bodø for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bodø in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Bodø sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

Sea temperature near Bodø in July

The nearest coast averages about 12°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 13°C and coldest in March near 4°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	5	4	4	5	7	10	12	13	11	10	8	7
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	5	Bracing
Feb	4	Bracing
Mar	4	Bracing
Apr	5	Bracing
May	7	Bracing
Jun	10	Bracing
Jul	12	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	11	Bracing
Oct	10	Bracing
Nov	8	Bracing
Dec	7	Bracing

UV index in Bodø in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bodø peaks around July 15 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	2	4	4	4	3	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	2	Low
May	4	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Bodø?

Bodø sits at 67.3°N, 14.4°E, 13 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Lofoten, 106 km away.

Topography around Bodø

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bodø.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bodø has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 879 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,716 m.

The land around Bodø is covered by water (43%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, water (67%) within 16 km, and water (52%) within 80 km.

3 km

165 m

water 43%

16 km

879 m

water 67%

80 km

1,716 m

water 52%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

← June Bodø year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Lofoten 106 km · Mo i Rana 108 km · Harstad 191 km · Kiruna 256 km · Tromso 323 km · Tromsdalen 324 km · Boden 362 km · Piteå 385 km

Norway travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 91% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $94,594; 2025
Happiness: 7.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 2.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 613
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bodø (67.2827°, 14.3751°, elevation 13 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	9
2	15	9
3	15	10
4	15	10
5	15	10
6	15	10
7	15	10
8	15	10
9	15	10
10	15	10
11	15	10
12	15	10
13	15	10
14	16	10
15	16	11
16	16	11
17	16	11
18	16	11
19	16	11
20	16	11
21	16	11
22	16	11
23	16	11
24	16	11
25	16	11
26	16	11
27	16	11
28	17	11
29	17	11
30	17	11
31	17	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	27	73
20	26	74
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	46
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	49
10	50
11	50
12	51
13	51
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	51
22	51
23	50
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	48
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	98	2	0
5	97	3	0
6	97	3	0
7	97	3	0
8	97	3	0
9	96	4	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	94	6	0
14	93	7	0
15	93	7	0
16	92	8	0
17	92	8	0
18	91	9	0
19	91	9	0
20	90	10	0
21	89	10	1
22	88	11	1
23	88	11	1
24	88	11	1
25	87	12	1
26	87	12	1
27	87	12	1
28	87	12	1
29	87	12	1
30	88	11	1
31	88	11	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	9
2	15	9
3	15	10
4	15	10
5	15	10
6	15	10
7	15	10
8	15	10
9	15	10
10	15	10
11	15	10
12	15	10
13	15	10
14	16	10
15	16	11
16	16	11
17	16	11
18	16	11
19	16	11
20	16	11
21	16	11
22	16	11
23	16	11
24	16	11
25	16	11
26	16	11
27	16	11
28	17	11
29	17	11
30	17	11
31	17	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	27	73
20	26	74
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	46
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	49
10	50
11	50
12	51
13	51
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	51
22	51
23	50
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	48
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	98	2	0
5	97	3	0
6	97	3	0
7	97	3	0
8	97	3	0
9	96	4	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	94	6	0
14	93	7	0
15	93	7	0
16	92	8	0
17	92	8	0
18	91	9	0
19	91	9	0
20	90	10	0
21	89	10	1
22	88	11	1
23	88	11	1
24	88	11	1
25	87	12	1
26	87	12	1
27	87	12	1
28	87	12	1
29	87	12	1
30	88	11	1
31	88	11	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	9
2	15	9
3	15	10
4	15	10
5	15	10
6	15	10
7	15	10
8	15	10
9	15	10
10	15	10
11	15	10
12	15	10
13	15	10
14	16	10
15	16	11
16	16	11
17	16	11
18	16	11
19	16	11
20	16	11
21	16	11
22	16	11
23	16	11
24	16	11
25	16	11
26	16	11
27	16	11
28	17	11
29	17	11
30	17	11
31	17	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	26	74
5	27	73
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	27	73
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	27	73
20	26	74
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	46
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	48
8	48
9	49
10	50
11	50
12	51
13	51
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	52
21	51
22	51
23	50
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	48
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	49

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	98	2	0
5	97	3	0
6	97	3	0
7	97	3	0
8	97	3	0
9	96	4	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	94	6	0
14	93	7	0
15	93	7	0
16	92	8	0
17	92	8	0
18	91	9	0
19	91	9	0
20	90	10	0
21	89	10	1
22	88	11	1
23	88	11	1
24	88	11	1
25	87	12	1
26	87	12	1
27	87	12	1
28	87	12	1
29	87	12	1
30	88	11	1
31	88	11	1