Horten weather in July

In July, Horten sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 86 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 17.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 Horten's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Horten's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 86 mm; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 17 h 36 min; 3:36 AM – 9:11 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Horten is settlement in Horten Municipality, Norway.

Density: 3,138/km²; people per km²

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Horten reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and about 1°C warmer than 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

How July really feels in Horten

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.

Horten weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	0° / -5°	76	11.4	8.9	6.6	0.0
Feb	1° / -5°	54	8.7	7.4	8.7	0.0
Mar	5° / -2°	54	8.3	5.4	11.3	0.4
Apr	11° / 2°	52	8.7	1.9	14.1	2.6
May	16° / 7°	68	10.2	0.5	16.6	4.9
Jun	19° / 11°	82	11.8	0	18.1	5.8
Jul	22° / 13°	86	11.1	0	17.5	6.3
Aug	21° / 12°	87	12.7	0	15.3	6.0
Sep	16° / 9°	88	10.7	0	12.6	4.8
Oct	10° / 4°	92	11.6	0.9	9.8	2.2
Nov	5° / 1°	92	12.2	4.2	7.3	0.2
Dec	1° / -3°	73	11.5	6.6	5.9	0.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

	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 (%)	47	47	47	48	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	46	47	47	47	46	46	47	46	46	46	46	46	46
Cloudier (%)	53	53	53	52	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	54	53	53	53	54	54	53	54	54	54	54	54	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Horten gets around 86 mm of rain over 11.1 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 37% and peaks near 38% 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 (%)	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	37
30	37
31	38

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 67% 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 (%)	82	80	79	79	78	78	76	75	75	74	74	73	71	71	70	69	68	66	65	63	62	59	58	57	55	55	54	53	53	53	52
Comfortable (%)	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	38	38	39
Humid (%)	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	82	16	2
2	80	17	3
3	79	18	3
4	79	18	3
5	78	19	3
6	78	19	3
7	76	20	4
8	75	21	4
9	75	21	4
10	74	22	4
11	74	22	4
12	73	23	4
13	71	24	5
14	71	24	5
15	70	25	5
16	69	26	5
17	68	27	5
18	66	28	6
19	65	29	6
20	63	30	7
21	62	31	7
22	59	33	8
23	58	34	8
24	57	35	8
25	55	36	9
26	55	36	9
27	54	37	9
28	53	38	9
29	53	38	9
30	53	38	9
31	52	39	9

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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
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30	9	calm
31	9	calm

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 3:16 AM to 4:06 AM, and sunset from 9:27 PM to 8:42 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)	18.2	18.2	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.0	18.0	18.0	17.9	17.9	17.8	17.8	17.7	17.7	17.6	17.6	17.5	17.5	17.4	17.4	17.3	17.2	17.2	17.1	17.0	17.0	16.9	16.8	16.7	16.7	16.6
Sunrise (AM)	3:16	3:16	3:17	3:19	3:20	3:21	3:22	3:23	3:25	3:26	3:28	3:29	3:31	3:33	3:34	3:36	3:38	3:40	3:41	3:43	3:45	3:47	3:49	3:51	3:53	3:56	3:58	4:00	4:02	4:04	4:06
Sunset (PM)	9:27	9:27	9:26	9:25	9:25	9:24	9:23	9:22	9:21	9:20	9:18	9:17	9:16	9:14	9:13	9:11	9:10	9:08	9:06	9:05	9:03	9:01	8:59	8:57	8:55	8:53	8:51	8:49	8:46	8:44	8:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	18.2	3:16	9:27
2	18.2	3:16	9:27
3	18.1	3:17	9:26
4	18.1	3:19	9:25
5	18.1	3:20	9:25
6	18.0	3:21	9:24
7	18.0	3:22	9:23
8	18.0	3:23	9:22
9	17.9	3:25	9:21
10	17.9	3:26	9:20
11	17.8	3:28	9:18
12	17.8	3:29	9:17
13	17.7	3:31	9:16
14	17.7	3:33	9:14
15	17.6	3:34	9:13
16	17.6	3:36	9:11
17	17.5	3:38	9:10
18	17.5	3:40	9:08
19	17.4	3:41	9:06
20	17.4	3:43	9:05
21	17.3	3:45	9:03
22	17.2	3:47	9:01
23	17.2	3:49	8:59
24	17.1	3:51	8:57
25	17.0	3:53	8:55
26	17.0	3:56	8:53
27	16.9	3:58	8:51
28	16.8	4:00	8:49
29	16.7	4:02	8:46
30	16.7	4:04	8:44
31	16.6	4:06	8:42

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.24 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Horten?

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

6.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Horten for sightseeing.

What to pack for Horten in July

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

In July, Horten sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Horten in July

The nearest coast averages about 18°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 18°C and coldest in February near 3°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)	4	3	3	6	11	15	18	18	15	12	9	6
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	4	Bracing
Feb	3	Bracing
Mar	3	Bracing
Apr	6	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	15	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	15	Cool
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	9	Bracing
Dec	6	Bracing

UV index in Horten 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 Horten peaks around July 18 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	4	5	5	3	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	4	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Horten?

Horten sits at 59.4°N, 10.5°E, 16 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Moss, 10 km away.

Topography around Horten

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Horten has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 946 m.

The land around Horten is covered by water (58%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, water (44%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

124 m

water 58%

16 km

307 m

water 44%

80 km

946 m

trees 62%

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

July weather nearby: Moss 10 km · Tønsberg 17 km · Fredrikstad 34 km · Sandefjord 35 km · Sarpsborg 38 km · Drammen 40 km · Asker 46 km · Larvik 48 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 Horten (59.4172°, 10.4834°, elevation 16 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	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	13
5	21	13
6	21	13
7	21	13
8	21	13
9	21	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	14
27	22	14
28	22	14
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	37
30	37
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	82	16	2
2	80	17	3
3	79	18	3
4	79	18	3
5	78	19	3
6	78	19	3
7	76	20	4
8	75	21	4
9	75	21	4
10	74	22	4
11	74	22	4
12	73	23	4
13	71	24	5
14	71	24	5
15	70	25	5
16	69	26	5
17	68	27	5
18	66	28	6
19	65	29	6
20	63	30	7
21	62	31	7
22	59	33	8
23	58	34	8
24	57	35	8
25	55	36	9
26	55	36	9
27	54	37	9
28	53	38	9
29	53	38	9
30	53	38	9
31	52	39	9

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	37
30	37
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	82	16	2
2	80	17	3
3	79	18	3
4	79	18	3
5	78	19	3
6	78	19	3
7	76	20	4
8	75	21	4
9	75	21	4
10	74	22	4
11	74	22	4
12	73	23	4
13	71	24	5
14	71	24	5
15	70	25	5
16	69	26	5
17	68	27	5
18	66	28	6
19	65	29	6
20	63	30	7
21	62	31	7
22	59	33	8
23	58	34	8
24	57	35	8
25	55	36	9
26	55	36	9
27	54	37	9
28	53	38	9
29	53	38	9
30	53	38	9
31	52	39	9

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	47	53
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	37
19	37
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	37
30	37
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	82	16	2
2	80	17	3
3	79	18	3
4	79	18	3
5	78	19	3
6	78	19	3
7	76	20	4
8	75	21	4
9	75	21	4
10	74	22	4
11	74	22	4
12	73	23	4
13	71	24	5
14	71	24	5
15	70	25	5
16	69	26	5
17	68	27	5
18	66	28	6
19	65	29	6
20	63	30	7
21	62	31	7
22	59	33	8
23	58	34	8
24	57	35	8
25	55	36	9
26	55	36	9
27	54	37	9
28	53	38	9
29	53	38	9
30	53	38	9
31	52	39	9