The best time to visit Svalbard is from july until september, when you will have a very cold temperature, but limited rainfall. The highest average temperature in Svalbard is 6° in july and the lowest is -7° in march.
If you want to know what the average temperature is in Svalbard or when most precipitation (rain or snow) falls, you can find an overview below. This way, you are well prepared. Our average monthly climate data is based on data from the past 10 years.
| Day max °C |
| MM rain |
| Snow days |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| Day max °C |
-5° | -4° | -7° | -6° | 0° | 2° | 6° | 6° | 5° | 1° | -3° | -6° |
| MM rain |
27 mm | 20 mm | 20 mm | 11 mm | 18 mm | 12 mm | 18 mm | 20 mm | 24 mm | 30 mm | 27 mm | 27 mm |
| Snow days |
15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 15 |
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Svalbard there is the tundra climate prevailing. The average annual temperature for Svalbard is -4° degrees and there is about 255 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 178 days a year with an average humidity of 90% and an UV-index of 2.
| Day max °C |
| Night min °C |
| MM rain |
| Rain days |
| Snow days |
| Dry days |
| Wind force in Bft |
| Average UV-index |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| Day max °C |
-5° | -4° | -7° | -6° | 0° | 2° | 6° | 6° | 5° | 1° | -3° | -6° |
| Night min °C |
-14° | -16° | -18° | -15° | -7° | -2° | 1° | 0° | -3° | -8° | -12° | -14° |
| MM rain |
27 mm | 20 mm | 20 mm | 11 mm | 18 mm | 12 mm | 18 mm | 20 mm | 24 mm | 30 mm | 27 mm | 27 mm |
| Rain days |
4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Snow days |
15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 15 |
| Dry days |
12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Wind force in Bft |
3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Average UV-index |
2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
The weather for Longyearbyen in Svalbard will be 7° till 8° degrees in the next 14 days with several days chance of light rain showers or even quite a bit of rain.
The weather forecast for Svalbard is based on the weather in Longyearbyen.
Tu 25 Jun |
We 26 Jun |
Th 27 Jun |
Fr 28 Jun |
Sa 29 Jun |
Su 30 Jun |
Mo 1 Jul | |
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| Max (°C) | 7° | 4° | 4° | 2° | 4° | 5° | 5° |
| Min (°C) | 3° | 2° | 0° | 0° | 1° | 2° | 1° |
| Rainfall (mm) | 0.6 mm |
0.1 mm |
3.3 mm |
0.6 mm |
0 mm |
0.2 mm |
2.1 mm |
| Rainfall (%) | 10% | 15% | 70% | 20% | 0% | 15% | 40% |
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| Snowfall (cm) | 0cm | 0cm | 4.0cm | 0.4cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm |
| Snow cover (cm) | 0cm | 0cm | 4cm | 4cm | 4cm | 2cm | 1cm |
| UV-index | |||||||
| UV-index | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Tu 2 Jul |
We 3 Jul |
Th 4 Jul |
Fr 5 Jul |
Sa 6 Jul |
Su 7 Jul |
Mo 8 Jul | |
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| Max (°C) | 3° | 6° | 7° | 7° | 6° | 8° | 5° |
| Min (°C) | 1° | 3° | 3° | 4° | 4° | 5° | 4° |
| Rainfall (mm) | 8.3 mm |
0 mm |
0.5 mm |
0.3 mm |
0 mm |
0 mm |
4.8 mm |
| Rainfall (%) | 80% | 0% | 10% | 15% | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Snowfall and snow cover | |||||||
| Snowfall (cm) | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm |
| Snow cover (cm) | 1cm | 1cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm |
| UV-index | |||||||
| UV-index | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Svalbard is in the continental part Europa and the capital is Longyearbyen. The total surface is 62.049 km² with 124 km of coastline and the population consists of 2.165 inhabitants. In terms of area, the country is 4x as small as United Kingdom. If you want to call Svalbard you have to use +47 or 0047 before the phone number without the first 0 in the original phone number (if it occurs). If the normal number is 05012457809, for example, you can remove the first 0 and call +475012457809 or 00475012457809.
Svalbard is in a straight line at 3.058 km distance from London. From London-Heathrow the flight time is about 4 hour and 45 min.
In Svalbard it is now 22:09 o’clock in the evening on tuesday 25 june 2019. That is 1 hour later than in United Kingdom. The time zone of Svalbard is Arctic/Longyearbyen and the Greenwich time is UTC+02.
Take a credit card along with your own bank card. If your bank card is not accepted then you have the credit card that you can use.
You can find the nearest ATM via various apps such as:
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These vaccinations may differ per person and / or be advised on the basis of the stay in Svalbard.
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