Climate averages 1991–2020
Bergen weather
in July.
A mild, wet month: one of the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Bergen: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 18 h 08 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stavanger (160 km away). In July its highs average 16.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bergen, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Bergen ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest July highs and 8th of 8 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 8 cities is 19.6°C; Bergen is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 149 mm to 188 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bergen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 249 | 20.3 | 6.77 h |
| February | 2.6°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 211 | 17.4 | 9.09 h |
| March | 4.6°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 192 | 18.3 | 11.712 h |
| April | 8.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 133 | 15.3 | 14.615 h |
| May | 12.2°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 116 | 14.0 | 17.217 h |
| June | 15.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 121 | 14.1 | 18.819 h |
| July, selected | 17.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 149 | 16.4 | 18.118 h |
| August | 17.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 188 | 17.3 | 15.716 h |
| September | 14.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 249 | 17.7 | 13.013 h |
| October | 9.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 259 | 19.3 | 10.210 h |
| November | 5.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 257 | 18.9 | 7.58 h |
| December | 2.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 271 | 20.0 | 5.96 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Stavanger in JulyNorway · 160 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Drammen in JulyNorway · 280 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Kristiansand in JulyNorway · 292 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Oslo in JulyNorway · 305 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in JulyNorway · 320 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in JulyNorway · 339 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Trondheim in JulyNorway · 429 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Aalborg in JulyDenmark · 457 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 72 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bergen) is explained once on the Bergen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.