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Norway · 69.65°N 18.96°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)

No month in Tromsø fits the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers): it is too cold. The table below shows which holiday types do fit.

Rain is spread across the year, 48–120 mm1.9–4.7 in a month. October is the wettest month and May the driest. July is the hottest month (highs of 16 °C61 °F) and January the coldest (-2 °C28 °F); nights are below freezing from November to April.

The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 69.65, 18.96. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.

Tromsø weather by month

Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers

No month fits a Warm holiday here.

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▲ Highs average daily high , coldest to warmest month
-2°28°JAN1044.1-2°28°FEB803.132°MAR642.537°APR562.245°MAY481.913°55°JUN481.916°60°JUL642.515°58°AUG803.110°49°SEP963.841°OCT1204.734°NOV963.8-1°30°DEC1044.1
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Tromsø's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain High Low SeasonWarm verdict
January1044.1-228-719rainytoo cold
February803.1-228-719showerstoo cold
March642.5032-522showerstoo cold
April562.2337-228drytoo cold
May481.9745236drytoo cold
June481.91355744drytoo cold
July642.51660948showerstoo cold
August803.11558846showerstoo cold
September963.81049439showerstoo cold
October1204.7541032rainytoo cold
November963.8134-425showerstoo cold
December1044.1-130-621rainytoo cold

When to go to Tromsø, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmhighs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showersno month
Tropicalhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoonno month
Beachhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolhighs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoonApril to October
Snowhighs below 3 °C37 °F, any rainNovember to March

Is there a rainy season in Tromsø?

Not a clear one. Rain is spread across the year, 48–120 mm1.9–4.7 in a month. October is the wettest month and May the driest.

July is the hottest month (highs of 16 °C61 °F) and January the coldest (-2 °C28 °F); nights are below freezing from November to April. Annual rainfall is about 960 mm38 in.

Where to go instead when Tromsø does not fit

The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Tromsø does not:

Nearby destinations

distances in . Tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how well it fits the weather you like, in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.