Longyearbyen weather in November

In November, Longyearbyen sees average daytime highs of -7°C and overnight lows near -12°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 10.3 wet days and about 0 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 0 hours at the start of November to 0 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Longyearbyen's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Longyearbyen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-7°
7th warmest
Overnight low
-12°
6th coldest
Precipitation
47 mm
10.3 wet days
Daylight
0 hours
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Cloud cover
87%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Longyearbyen is town and administrative centre in Svalbard, Norway.

Density
10/km²
people per km²
Founded
1906

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

Temperature in November

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Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -7°C through the month.

A typical November day in Longyearbyen reaches about -7°C in the afternoon and slips back to -12°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -16°C and -0°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 3°C cooler than October and about 2°C warmer than December.

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How November really feels in Longyearbyen

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
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heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
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30 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in November is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Longyearbyen weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -16°438.910.900.0
Feb-12° / -16°317.1910.0
Mar-12° / -17°358.410.2100.0
Apr-9° / -13°236.88.719.30.0
May-3° / -5°2167.7240.0
Jun / 1853.7240.0
Jul / 328.21.1240.7
Aug / 4092.222.80.3
Sep / -1°459.85.313.70.0
Oct-4° / -8°419.194.40.0
Nov-7° / -12°4710.312.200.0
Dec-10° / -14°459.711.900.0

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Chance of precipitation in November

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Longyearbyen gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 10.3 wet days in November, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow.

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Humidity in November

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Most of November feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, November lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in November

Winds average 11 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in November

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Daylight runs from about 0 hours at the start of November to 0 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

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Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 0 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — November's 0 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Longyearbyen?

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

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Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

November is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Longyearbyen.

What to pack for Longyearbyen in November

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

In November, Longyearbyen sees daytime highs around -7°C and nights near -12°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Longyearbyen in November

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Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Longyearbyen peaks around June 18 at about 2 (moderate) — sun protection is rarely needed. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The midday index never reaches 3, the level where the WHO starts recommending sun protection.

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Location & terrain

Where is Longyearbyen?

Longyearbyen sits at 78.2°N, 15.6°E, 1 m above sea level, in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The nearest listed city is Alta, 945 km away.

Topography around Longyearbyen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Longyearbyen has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 485 m around an average of 113 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,061 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,255 m.

The land around Longyearbyen is covered by water (35%), bare terrain (30%) and moss and lichen (27%) within 3 km, bare terrain (31%), water (29%) and moss and lichen (22%) within 16 km, and snow and ice (30%), water (29%) and bare terrain (26%) within 80 km.

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grasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetlandmoss and lichen
November weather nearby: Alta 945 km · Tromso 958 km · Tromsdalen 959 km · Harstad 1,048 km · Nikel 1,071 km · Zapolyarnyy 1,077 km · Lofoten 1,111 km · Polyarnyy 1,135 km

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Longyearbyen (78.2233°, 15.6469°, elevation 1 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. 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).