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Bergen in August

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Bergen is mild: highs near 67°F, lows near 53°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 34 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Bergen is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 34 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
67°F19°Caverage
Low
53°F12°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 60% of days
Daylight
15h 34mon average

Is August a good time to visit Bergen?

Yes. August is one of Bergen's best months (July to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 67°F in August, against 39°F to 67°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in August, against 4°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

60% of days in August, against 50% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in August, against 61% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

15h 34m in August, against 5h 53m to 18h 51m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July66°19°low 52°low 11°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August67°19°low 53°low 12°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September62°17°low 49°low 9°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Bergen sits, in August

Europe/Oslo
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:49 AMsets 9:38 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
60.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Geilo159 km east

The land around Bergen, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Norway in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Bergen

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Bergen. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (107 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (107 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.