Haugesund weather in July

In July, Haugesund sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 120 mm of rain across 15 wet days and about 17.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 18 h 12 min at the start of July to 16 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Haugesund's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Haugesund's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
120 mm
15 wet days
Daylight
17 h 36 min
3:57 AM – 9:32 PM
Cloud cover
67%
4th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Haugesund is settlement in Haugesund Municipality, Norway.

Density
7,523/km²
people per km²
Founded
1854

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical July day in Haugesund reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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

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.

Haugesund weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 18319.45.86.60.0
Feb / 14616.26.28.70.0
Mar / 13417.44.411.30.4
Apr / 9814.40.914.11.6
May12° / 9112.8016.63.0
Jun15° / 10°9813.4018.14.0
Jul17° / 13°12015017.54.8
Aug17° / 13°16916.8015.34.7
Sep15° / 11°19417.3012.63.6
Oct11° / 22018.60.29.82.2
Nov / 20519.11.47.31.0
Dec / 19519.64.15.90.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
44060
54159
64159
74060
84060
94060
103862
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Haugesund gets around 120 mm of rain over 15 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 51% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
147
247
347
447
548
648
749
849
949
1049
1149
1249
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1648
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2148
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2649
2749
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3051
3151

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 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
187130
286140
386140
485150
584160
684160
783170
881181
980191
1079201
1178211
1277221
1376231
1475241
1573252
1671272
1770282
1868302
1966313
2065323
2163334
2262344
2361354
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Wind in July

Winds average 14 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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515light breeze
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715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 18 h 12 min at the start of July to 16 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 96 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:36 AM to 4:27 AM, and sunset from 9:48 PM to 9:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
118.23:369:48
218.23:379:48
318.13:389:47
418.13:399:46
518.13:419:45
618.03:429:45
718.03:439:44
818.03:449:43
917.93:469:42
1017.93:479:40
1117.83:499:39
1217.83:509:38
1317.73:529:37
1417.73:539:35
1517.63:559:34
1617.63:579:32
1717.53:599:31
1817.54:009:29
1917.44:029:27
2017.44:049:25
2117.34:069:24
2217.24:089:22
2317.24:109:20
2417.14:129:18
2517.04:149:16
2617.04:169:14
2716.94:199:12
2816.84:219:09
2916.74:239:07
3016.74:259:05
3116.64:279:03

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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254.9Bright
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274.9Bright
284.8Bright
294.8Bright
304.8Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Haugesund?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
1.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Haugesund for sightseeing.

What to pack for Haugesund in July

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

In July, Haugesund sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Haugesund in July

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 16°C and coldest in March near 5°C.

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

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb5Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May9Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug16Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct12Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Haugesund 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 Haugesund peaks around June 20 at about 5 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 20UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Haugesund?

Haugesund sits at 59.4°N, 5.3°E, 17 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Stavanger, 56 km away.

Flam

Topography around Haugesund

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Haugesund has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,553 m.

The land around Haugesund is covered by trees (30%), water (30%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, water (51%), grassland (24%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and water (53%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
175 m
16 km
322 m
80 km
1,553 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermoss and lichen
July weather nearby: Stavanger 56 km · Sola 62 km · Sandnes 68 km · Time 80 km · Ytrebygda 99 km · Nesttun 101 km · Bergen 109 km · Flam 191 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 Haugesund (59.4138°, 5.268°, elevation 17 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).