Climate and average weather in Tromsdalen

In Tromsdalen, the summers are mild, showery, and mostly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: early July to late August

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tromsdalen typically varies from -10°C to 15°C, and is rarely below -22°C or above 22°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Tromsdalen for warm-weather activities is from early July to late August.

Hottest
Jul
15°
Coldest
Jan
-10°
Wettest
Oct
128 mm
Driest
Apr
85 mm
Rain / yr
1208 mm
184 wet days
Daylight
0.0–24.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
141 m
69.7°N
Clearest
Apr
70% cloud

Tromsdalen is settlement in Tromsø Municipality, Norway.

Density
3,651/km²
people per km²

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

Tromsdalen weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early July to late August.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Tromsdalen, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.5 months, from June 3 to September 16, with daily high temperatures above 10°C. The hottest month of the year in Tromsdalen is July, with an average high of 15°C and low of 9°C.

The cool season lasts 3.4 months, from December 1 to March 14, with daily high temperatures below -1°C. The coldest month of the year in Tromsdalen is January, with an average low of -10°C and high of -4°C.

Days typically run about 5°C warmer than nights year-round.

-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-4-10
Feb-4-10
Mar-1-7
Apr3-3
May82
Jun126
Jul159
Aug149
Sep105
Oct40
Nov0-5
Dec-2-8

How hot and cold Tromsdalen really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -16°C (around January 29), with roughly 227 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 124 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-4-4-15-10
Feb-4-4-15-10
Mar-1-1-12-7
Apr33-6-3
May8802
Jun121256
Jul151589
Aug141479
Sep101035
Oct44-30
Nov00-9-5
Dec-2-2-13-8

Average hourly temperature in Tromsdalen

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 15°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -10°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Tromsdalen weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -10°10514.715.20.80.0
Feb-4° / -10°9114.114.66.40.0
Mar-1° / -7°10215.616.310.90.0
Apr / -3°8514.612.715.50.0
May / 9116.16.921.11.1
Jun12° / 9315.20.6242.6
Jul15° / 9014.2023.34.0
Aug14° / 10215.3017.63.6
Sep10° / 12517.21.312.92.0
Oct / 12816.98.88.40.2
Nov-0° / -5°951512.22.70.0
Dec-3° / -8°10315.414.900.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Tromsdalen gets about 1208 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.6 months, from around Aug 23 to Nov 8, peaking in October at about 57% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 28.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 128 mm over about 17 wet days; April is the driest, with 85 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetOct 16 · 57%Jul 28 · 45%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4815
Feb4914
Mar5016
Apr5015
May5216
Jun5015
Jul4714
Aug4915
Sep5617
Oct5517
Nov5015
Dec4915

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tromsdalen collects about 1208 mm of rain across 184 wet days — roughly 101 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 128 mm, while April is the driest at just 85 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec105911028591939010212512895103
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan1051515
Feb911415
Mar1021616
Apr851513
May91167
Jun93151
Jul90140
Aug102150
Sep125171
Oct128179
Nov951512
Dec1031515

Snow in Tromsdalen

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Tromsdalen averages about 104 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 11 to Jun 17 — about 9.2 months.

March is snowiest, with roughly 16 days of snow and an estimated 97 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 543 cm of snow.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonMar 22
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan1583
Feb1593
Mar1697
Apr1363
May724
Jun11
Jul00
Aug00
Sep14
Oct948
Nov1257
Dec1574

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Tromsdalen, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around January 18 and lasts for 3.9 months, ending around May 15. The clearest month is April, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 29% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 16 and lasts for 2.2 months, ending around July 20. The cloudiest month is June, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 80% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 6 · 30%Jun 24 · 18%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2476
Feb2476
Mar2674
Apr2971
May2476
Jun2080
Jul2278
Aug2080
Sep2377
Oct2476
Nov2278
Dec2278

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 24, brings about 24 hours of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 0 hours — a swing of roughly 24 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan0.8
Feb6.48:433:14
Mar10.96:255:22
Apr15.53:597:29
May21.11:1610:04
Jun24.0
Jul23.3
Aug17.63:018:35
Sep12.95:136:03
Oct8.47:163:42
Nov2.710:0512:54
Dec0.0

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Tromsdalen averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 5 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.9 months, from around Jan 11 to May 9. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 5 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is August, down near 3 sunny days — about 48% fewer than the April peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyergloomymixedApr 65 daysAug 202 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr5Gloomy
May4Gloomy
Jun3Gloomy
Jul4Gloomy
Aug3Gloomy
Sep4Gloomy
Oct4Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Tromsdalen, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul946
Aug973
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Tromsdalen is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.7 months, from around Nov 10 to Apr 1. The windiest month is January, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 2 to Nov 9, with August the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 25 · 11 km/hAug 5 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan11calm
Feb10calm
Mar10calm
Apr9calm
May9calm
Jun9calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep9calm
Oct9calm
Nov9calm
Dec10calm

Best time to visit Tromsdalen

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Tromsdalen throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid August, Tromsdalen is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tromsdalen for general outdoor tourist activities is from early July to late August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 27 · 4.2

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.0poor
Apr0.0poor
May1.1poor
Jun2.6poor
Jul3.9fair
Aug3.5fair
Sep2.0poor
Oct0.2poor
Nov0.0poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Tromsdalen rarely gets warm enough to lift this score — no time of year really suits hot-weather activities here.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDectemperaturecloudsprecipitation

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Tromsdalen, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 15°C), the essentials are a warm layer and rain gear. In the cold season around January (highs near -4°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Tromsdalen sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 14 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Tromsdalen

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 29 km away) is warmest in August at about 11°C and coldest in March near 4°C.

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

5°10°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan5Bracing
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UV index (midday) in Tromsdalen by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tromsdalen peaks around July 15 at about 4 (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 2 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 15UV 4Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Low
May3Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep1Low
Oct0Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Tromsdalen

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 4.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr00
May00
Jun30
Jul4.50
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Tromsdalen typically lasts about 166 days, from around May 3 to October 15 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 24 to September 25.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 510%May 350%May 2490%Sep 2590%Oct 1550%Jan 410%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan931
Feb928
Mar1131
Apr2530
May7622
Jun990
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep954
Oct5231
Nov2130
Dec1431

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Tromsdalen banks about 112 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

050100150200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun3
Jul66
Aug43
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Tromsdalen receives about 2.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — dim — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.0 and 4.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around Mar 23 to Sep 5. The brightest month is June, averaging about 4.6 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is January, down near 0.0 kWh/m² — roughly 100% less than the June peak.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightJun 34.8 kWhJan 10.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.0Dim
Feb0.3Dim
Mar1.6Dim
Apr3.4Moderate
May4.5Bright
Jun4.7Bright
Jul4.1Bright
Aug2.9Moderate
Sep1.6Dim
Oct0.5Dim
Nov0.0Dim
Dec0.0Dim

Where is Tromsdalen?

Tromsdalen sits at 69.7°N, 19.0°E, 141 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Tromso, 2.0 km away.

AltaKirunaLofotenLeviBodøMo i Rana

Topography around Tromsdalen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tromsdalen has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 649 m around an average of 203 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,225 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,831 m.

The land around Tromsdalen is covered by trees (34%) and water (22%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), water (25%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and water (42%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
649 m
16 km
1,225 m
80 km
1,831 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetlandmoss and lichen
Nearby: Tromso 2.0 km · Harstad 136 km · Alta 167 km · Kiruna 205 km · Lofoten 237 km · Levi 310 km · Bodø 324 km · Mo i Rana 423 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 Tromsdalen (69.65°, 19.0167°, elevation 141 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).