Hamar weather in August

In August, Hamar sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 101 mm of rain across 13.7 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 48 min at the start of August to 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Hamar's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hamar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 101 mm; 13.7 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 30 min; 4:35 AM – 8:05 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

Hamar is city in Hamar Municipality, Norway.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 7.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 84/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1050

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical August day in Hamar reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 5°C warmer than September.

	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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How August really feels in Hamar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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

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

Hamar weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-3° / -9°	55	9.9	10.5	6.2	0.0
Feb	-2° / -9°	37	7.6	8.8	8.5	0.0
Mar	3° / -5°	42	8	8.1	11.3	0.0
Apr	8° / -1°	47	8.6	4.5	14.2	1.5
May	14° / 4°	73	11.4	1.4	16.9	3.9
Jun	18° / 8°	81	11.9	0	18.6	5.3
Jul	20° / 11°	91	13.3	0	17.9	5.7
Aug	19° / 10°	101	13.7	0	15.5	5.4
Sep	14° / 7°	73	10.5	0.1	12.6	3.9
Oct	8° / 3°	75	11	2.2	9.7	1.1
Nov	2° / -2°	71	11.2	7.4	7	0.0
Dec	-2° / -6°	55	10.1	9	5.4	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

	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 (%)	36	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	35	36	36	36	37	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	35	35	35	35	35	34	34
Cloudier (%)	64	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	65	64	64	64	63	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	64	65	65	65	65	65	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	34	66
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Hamar gets around 101 mm of rain over 13.7 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 43% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	45	46	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	46	46	45	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	41	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	46
3	47
4	47
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	47
11	47
12	46
13	46
14	45
15	44
16	43
17	43
18	42
19	42
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	38
27	38
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 81% 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 (%)	70	71	72	72	72	73	74	74	76	77	78	79	79	80	81	82	82	83	83	84	85	85	86	87	87	88	89	89	90	91	92
Comfortable (%)	27	27	26	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	7
Humid (%)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	27	3
2	71	27	2
3	72	26	2
4	72	26	2
5	72	26	2
6	73	25	2
7	74	24	2
8	74	24	2
9	76	23	1
10	77	22	1
11	78	21	1
12	79	20	1
13	79	20	1
14	80	19	1
15	81	18	1
16	82	17	1
17	82	17	1
18	83	16	1
19	83	16	1
20	84	15	1
21	85	14	1
22	85	14	1
23	86	13	1
24	87	12	1
25	87	12	1
26	88	11	1
27	89	10	1
28	89	10	1
29	90	9	1
30	91	8	1
31	92	7	1

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 48 min at the start of August to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 162 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 3:57 AM to 5:13 AM, and sunset from 8:46 PM to 7:18 PM.

	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)	16.8	16.7	16.6	16.6	16.5	16.4	16.3	16.2	16.1	16.0	15.9	15.9	15.8	15.7	15.6	15.5	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.5	14.4	14.3	14.2	14.1
Sunrise (AM)	3:57	4:00	4:02	4:05	4:07	4:10	4:12	4:15	4:17	4:20	4:22	4:25	4:27	4:30	4:33	4:35	4:38	4:40	4:43	4:45	4:48	4:50	4:53	4:55	4:58	5:01	5:03	5:06	5:08	5:11	5:13
Sunset (PM)	8:46	8:44	8:41	8:38	8:36	8:33	8:30	8:28	8:25	8:22	8:19	8:16	8:13	8:10	8:08	8:05	8:02	7:59	7:56	7:53	7:50	7:46	7:43	7:40	7:37	7:34	7:31	7:28	7:25	7:22	7:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	16.8	3:57	8:46
2	16.7	4:00	8:44
3	16.6	4:02	8:41
4	16.6	4:05	8:38
5	16.5	4:07	8:36
6	16.4	4:10	8:33
7	16.3	4:12	8:30
8	16.2	4:15	8:28
9	16.1	4:17	8:25
10	16.0	4:20	8:22
11	15.9	4:22	8:19
12	15.9	4:25	8:16
13	15.8	4:27	8:13
14	15.7	4:30	8:10
15	15.6	4:33	8:08
16	15.5	4:35	8:05
17	15.4	4:38	8:02
18	15.3	4:40	7:59
19	15.2	4:43	7:56
20	15.1	4:45	7:53
21	15.0	4:48	7:50
22	14.9	4:50	7:46
23	14.8	4:53	7:43
24	14.7	4:55	7:40
25	14.7	4:58	7:37
26	14.6	5:01	7:34
27	14.5	5:03	7:31
28	14.4	5:06	7:28
29	14.3	5:08	7:25
30	14.2	5:11	7:22
31	14.1	5:13	7:18

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.41 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.0	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.4	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Hamar?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

2.1

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Hamar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hamar in August

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

In August, Hamar sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Hamar in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Hamar peaks around June 20 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 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	1	2	3	4	5	5	4	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	2	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Hamar?

Hamar sits at 60.8°N, 11.1°E, 137 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Gjøvik, 20 km away.

Topography around Hamar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hamar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m around an average of 143 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 580 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,336 m.

The land around Hamar is covered by water (42%), trees (21%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (37%), cropland (28%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

168 m

water 42%

16 km

580 m

trees 37%

80 km

1,336 m

trees 76%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← July Hamar year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Gjøvik 20 km · Lillehammer 48 km · Lillestrøm 93 km · Oslo 100 km · Asker 112 km · Drammen 126 km · Kongsberg 148 km · Moss 153 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 Hamar (60.7945°, 11.068°, elevation 137 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. 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	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	20	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	19	11
11	19	11
12	19	11
13	19	11
14	19	11
15	19	11
16	19	11
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	18	10
20	18	10
21	18	10
22	18	10
23	18	10
24	18	10
25	18	10
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	17	9
29	17	9
30	17	9
31	17	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	46
3	47
4	47
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	47
11	47
12	46
13	46
14	45
15	44
16	43
17	43
18	42
19	42
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	38
27	38
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	27	3
2	71	27	2
3	72	26	2
4	72	26	2
5	72	26	2
6	73	25	2
7	74	24	2
8	74	24	2
9	76	23	1
10	77	22	1
11	78	21	1
12	79	20	1
13	79	20	1
14	80	19	1
15	81	18	1
16	82	17	1
17	82	17	1
18	83	16	1
19	83	16	1
20	84	15	1
21	85	14	1
22	85	14	1
23	86	13	1
24	87	12	1
25	87	12	1
26	88	11	1
27	89	10	1
28	89	10	1
29	90	9	1
30	91	8	1
31	92	7	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	46
3	47
4	47
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	47
11	47
12	46
13	46
14	45
15	44
16	43
17	43
18	42
19	42
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	38
27	38
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	27	3
2	71	27	2
3	72	26	2
4	72	26	2
5	72	26	2
6	73	25	2
7	74	24	2
8	74	24	2
9	76	23	1
10	77	22	1
11	78	21	1
12	79	20	1
13	79	20	1
14	80	19	1
15	81	18	1
16	82	17	1
17	82	17	1
18	83	16	1
19	83	16	1
20	84	15	1
21	85	14	1
22	85	14	1
23	86	13	1
24	87	12	1
25	87	12	1
26	88	11	1
27	89	10	1
28	89	10	1
29	90	9	1
30	91	8	1
31	92	7	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	35	65
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	37	63
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	36	64
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	34	66
31	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	46
3	47
4	47
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	47
11	47
12	46
13	46
14	45
15	44
16	43
17	43
18	42
19	42
20	41
21	41
22	41
23	40
24	39
25	39
26	38
27	38
28	37
29	37
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	70	27	3
2	71	27	2
3	72	26	2
4	72	26	2
5	72	26	2
6	73	25	2
7	74	24	2
8	74	24	2
9	76	23	1
10	77	22	1
11	78	21	1
12	79	20	1
13	79	20	1
14	80	19	1
15	81	18	1
16	82	17	1
17	82	17	1
18	83	16	1
19	83	16	1
20	84	15	1
21	85	14	1
22	85	14	1
23	86	13	1
24	87	12	1
25	87	12	1
26	88	11	1
27	89	10	1
28	89	10	1
29	90	9	1
30	91	8	1
31	92	7	1