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Tromsø in October

Chilly and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Tromsø is chilly: highs near 45°F, lows near 33°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 3 hours 8 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Tromsø is chilly: highs near 7°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 3 hours 8 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
45°F7°Caverage
Low
33°F1°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 59% of days
Daylight
8h 34mon average

Is October a good time to visit Tromsø?

October sits outside Tromsø's best months, which run from July to August. Expect chilly days and rain on about four days a week.

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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 45°F in October, against 24°F to 64°F through the year.Highs near 7°C in October, against -4°C to 18°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

59% of days in October, against 51% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in October, against 62% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

8h 34m in October, against No sunrise to 24h through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September55°13°low 42°low 6°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. October45°7°low 33°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. November34°1°low 21°low -6°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Tromsø sits, in October

Europe/Oslo
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:51 AMsets 5:09 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
69.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Leinesfjord262 km south-west

The land around Tromsø, shaded by its typical high in October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Tromsø

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Tromsø. 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 (10 m) against the climate model's (207 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 (10 m) against the climate model's (207 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.