Sandnes weather in July

In July, Sandnes sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 109 mm of rain across 14.4 wet days and about 17.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°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 hours at the start of July to 16 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Sandnes's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sandnes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
109 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
17 h 24 min
3:59 AM – 9:26 PM
Cloud cover
66%
4th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Sandnes is city in Sandnes Municipality in Rogaland, Norway.

Density
3,860/km²
people per km²
Founded
1861

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 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical July day in Sandnes reaches about 16°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 13°C and 20°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 Sandnes

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.

Sandnes 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 / 18818.37.16.70.0
Feb / 14515.97.18.80.0
Mar / 12215.85.411.40.1
Apr / 8413.81.5141.3
May11° / 8112.40.116.52.7
Jun14° / 10°8713.20183.7
Jul16° / 13°10914.4017.44.5
Aug17° / 13°16316.4015.24.6
Sep14° / 11°18817.1012.63.5
Oct11° / 22218.50.39.92.1
Nov / 20818.61.67.40.8
Dec / 20018.94.460.1

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 19% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23961
34060
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Sandnes gets around 109 mm of rain over 14.4 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 47% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 73% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
189110
288120
387130
485141
585141
684151
783161
883161
982171
1081181
1180191
1279201
1378211
1477221
1575232
1674242
1772262
1870273
1969283
2067303
2165314
2264324
2362335
2461345
2560346
2659356
2759356
2858357
2958357
3058357
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Wind in July

Winds average 16 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 18 hours at the start of July to 16 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 90 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:40 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 9:41 PM to 8:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
118.03:409:41
218.03:419:40
318.03:429:40
417.93:439:39
517.93:449:38
617.93:459:38
717.83:469:37
817.83:479:36
917.83:499:35
1017.73:509:34
1117.73:529:33
1217.63:539:31
1317.63:559:30
1417.53:569:29
1517.53:589:27
1617.43:599:26
1717.44:019:24
1817.34:039:23
1917.34:059:21
2017.24:079:19
2117.24:099:18
2217.14:109:16
2317.04:129:14
2417.04:149:12
2516.94:169:10
2616.84:189:08
2716.84:209:06
2816.74:239:04
2916.64:259:02
3016.54:279:00
3116.54:298:57

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.09 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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55.4Bright
65.3Bright
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284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.7Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Sandnes?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

July is a reasonable time to visit Sandnes for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sandnes in July

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

In July, Sandnes sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Sandnes 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 at the nearest coast (about 21 km away) 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°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb5Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May9Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug16Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Sandnes 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 Sandnes peaks around June 16 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 16UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sandnes?

Sandnes sits at 58.9°N, 5.7°E, 8 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Sola, 6.0 km away.

YtrebygdaNesttunBergen

Topography around Sandnes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sandnes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 481 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,320 m.

The land around Sandnes is covered by grassland (35%), trees (29%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, grassland (38%), water (27%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and water (44%), grassland (29%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
193 m
16 km
481 m
80 km
1,320 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermoss and lichen
July weather nearby: Sola 6.0 km · Stavanger 13 km · Time 13 km · Haugesund 68 km · Kristiansand 153 km · Ytrebygda 164 km · Nesttun 164 km · Bergen 173 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 Sandnes (58.8524°, 5.7352°, elevation 8 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).