Barentsburg climate

Name: Barentsburg
Address: High Arctic / Svalbard, Norway (Svalbard, Russian settlement)

Norway (Svalbard, Russian settlement) · High Arctic / Svalbard · 78.065° N, 14.233° E

Köppen ETpolar tundra (High Arctic)Polar & alpine

Polar night and midnight sun; near-freezing 'summers' and harsh dry cold winters.

Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 48°F / 9°C

Coldest month

March, -2°F / -19°C

Annual swing

50°F / 28°C

Wettest month

September

Driest month

October

Rain per year

7.4" / 189 mm

Snow per year

112.6" / 2861 mm

Elevation

653 ft / 199 m

Time zone

Arctic/Longyearbyen

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	11 / -11	1 / -17	0.01 / 0	11.4 / 291	84%	7.9 / 12.7	73%
February	11 / -12	1 / -17	0.01 / 0	14.0 / 357	85%	7.0 / 11.3	80%
March	8 / -13	-2 / -19	0.06 / 2	15.7 / 399	83%	7.6 / 12.2	79%
April	19 / -7	9 / -13	0.05 / 1	16.3 / 414	84%	6.9 / 11.1	74%
May	26 / -3	20 / -7	0.32 / 8	9.0 / 229	84%	6.1 / 9.8	75%
June	38 / 3	33 / 0	0.57 / 14	5.1 / 129	86%	6.3 / 10.1	86%
July	48 / 9	41 / 5	1.31 / 33	0.5 / 11	82%	5.9 / 9.5	82%
August	44 / 7	38 / 3	2.22 / 56	1.3 / 33	85%	5.4 / 8.7	87%
September	36 / 2	29 / -2	2.29 / 58	7.8 / 199	90%	6.0 / 9.7	88%
October	23 / -5	15 / -10	0.12 / 3	6.6 / 167	89%	6.1 / 9.8	82%
November	19 / -7	9 / -13	0.42 / 11	13.0 / 331	88%	6.7 / 10.8	85%
December	15 / -10	3 / -16	0.06 / 2	11.9 / 302	85%	7.3 / 11.7	76%

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