Hamar weather in July

In July, Hamar sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 91 mm of rain across 13.3 wet days and about 17.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 18 h 42 min at the start of July to 16 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Hamar's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hamar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
11°
12th coldest
Rainfall
91 mm
13.3 wet days
Daylight
18 hours
3:22 AM – 9:21 PM
Cloud cover
67%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
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.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Hamar reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Hamar

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Hamar weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -9°559.910.56.20.0
Feb-2° / -9°377.68.88.50.0
Mar / -5°4288.111.30.0
Apr / -1°478.64.514.21.5
May14° / 7311.41.416.93.9
Jun18° / 8111.9018.65.3
Jul20° / 11°9113.3017.95.7
Aug19° / 10°10113.7015.55.4
Sep14° / 7310.50.112.63.9
Oct / 75112.29.71.1
Nov / -2°7111.27.470.0
Dec-2° / -6°5510.195.40.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23664
33664
43763
53763
63763
73763
83664
93763
103862
113862
123763
133664
143664
153763
163763
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193763
203763
213862
223862
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283763
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303763
313664

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Hamar gets around 91 mm of rain over 13.3 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 44% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
143
243
343
443
543
644
744
844
945
1045
1145
1245
1345
1445
1545
1645
1745
1845
1944
2044
2143
2243
2342
2442
2542
2642
2742
2843
2943
3044
3145

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 82% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19181
29091
39091
49091
59091
689101
789101
889101
989101
1087112
1187112
1287112
1386122
1486122
1586131
1685141
1785141
1883161
1982171
2081181
2179192
2278202
2376222
2475232
2574242
2673252
2773252
2872262
2971263
3070273
3170273

Wind in July

Winds average 7 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 18 h 42 min at the start of July to 16 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 2:59 AM to 3:55 AM, and sunset from 9:39 PM to 8:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
118.72:599:39
218.63:009:39
318.63:019:38
418.63:029:37
518.53:039:36
618.53:059:35
718.53:069:34
818.43:089:33
918.43:099:32
1018.33:119:30
1118.33:129:29
1218.23:149:28
1318.23:169:26
1418.13:189:24
1518.13:209:23
1618.03:229:21
1717.93:249:19
1817.93:269:17
1917.83:289:16
2017.73:309:14
2117.73:329:12
2217.63:349:10
2317.53:369:07
2417.43:399:05
2517.43:419:03
2617.33:439:01
2717.23:458:58
2817.13:488:56
2917.13:508:54
3017.03:538:51
3116.93:558:49

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.94 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 — July's 4.94 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.2Bright
35.2Bright
45.2Bright
55.2Bright
65.2Bright
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85.1Bright
95.1Bright
105.1Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
154.9Bright
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244.7Bright
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264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Hamar?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Hamar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hamar in July

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

In July, Hamar sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Hamar in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 20UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
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.

Moss

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
16 km
580 m
80 km
1,336 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July 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
Church of Norway 68%other Christian 4%Muslim 3%Roman Catholic 3%

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).