Tønsberg weather in July

In July, Tønsberg sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 82 mm of rain across 10.3 wet days and about 17.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-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 32% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 18 h 06 min at the start of July to 16 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Tønsberg's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tønsberg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
82 mm
10.3 wet days
Daylight
17 h 30 min
3:38 AM – 9:10 PM
Cloud cover
57%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Tønsberg is city in Vestfold county, Norway.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 6.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
5,362/km²
people per km²

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 Tønsberg reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Tønsberg

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.

Tønsberg weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°8212.57.86.60.0
Feb / -2°588.76.38.70.0
Mar / 568.64.511.30.2
Apr / 528.21.214.11.9
May14° / 669.50.216.64.2
Jun18° / 12°8210.4018.15.7
Jul20° / 15°8210.3017.56.3
Aug19° / 15°9112.4015.35.9
Sep16° / 11°10711.4012.64.6
Oct10° / 12012.90.79.82.2
Nov / 1151437.30.4
Dec / -1°8612.95.55.90.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 46%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Tønsberg gets around 82 mm of rain over 10.3 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 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 51% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
169265
268275
367285
465296
564306
663316
761327
860337
960337
1059347
1158348
1257358
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1456368
1554379
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22444115
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Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 18 h 06 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 90 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:17 AM to 4:08 AM, and sunset from 9:26 PM to 8:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
118.13:179:26
218.13:189:26
318.13:199:25
418.13:209:24
518.03:219:24
618.03:239:23
718.03:249:22
817.93:259:21
917.93:269:20
1017.83:289:19
1117.83:299:17
1217.83:319:16
1317.73:329:15
1417.73:349:13
1517.63:369:12
1617.53:389:10
1717.53:399:09
1817.43:419:07
1917.43:439:06
2017.33:459:04
2117.33:479:02
2217.23:499:00
2317.13:518:58
2417.13:538:56
2517.03:558:54
2616.93:578:52
2716.93:598:50
2816.84:018:48
2916.74:038:46
3016.64:058:44
3116.64:088:41

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.39 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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295.0Bright
304.9Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Tønsberg?

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
3.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Tønsberg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tønsberg in July

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

In July, Tønsberg sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Tønsberg 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 at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) 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.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
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Apr6Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Tønsberg 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 Tønsberg peaks around July 17 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 17UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Tønsberg?

Tønsberg sits at 59.3°N, 10.4°E, 16 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Horten, 17 km away.

Topography around Tønsberg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tønsberg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 222 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 907 m.

The land around Tønsberg is covered by trees (32%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, water (38%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
222 m
80 km
907 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Horten 17 km · Sandefjord 19 km · Moss 23 km · Fredrikstad 30 km · Larvik 32 km · Sarpsborg 40 km · Porsgrunn 45 km · Skien 46 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 Tønsberg (59.2675°, 10.4076°, 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).