Longyearbyen climate

Name: Longyearbyen
Address: High Arctic, Norway (Svalbard)

Norway (Svalbard) · High Arctic · 78.223° N, 15.627° E

Köppen ETtundraPolar & alpine

High-Arctic settlement: months of polar night, frozen most of the year.

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, 51°F / 10°C

Coldest month

March, 2°F / -17°C

Annual swing

49°F / 27°C

Wettest month

September

Driest month

October

Rain per year

6.1" / 154 mm

Snow per year

101.9" / 2588 mm

Elevation

85 ft / 26 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	15 / -9	6 / -14	0.01 / 0	11.2 / 283	79%	6.0 / 9.7	72%
February	14 / -10	5 / -15	0.01 / 0	12.0 / 304	79%	5.3 / 8.5	77%
March	11 / -12	2 / -17	0.02 / 1	12.9 / 327	75%	5.2 / 8.4	71%
April	21 / -6	12 / -11	0.04 / 1	12.4 / 316	80%	4.9 / 7.9	71%
May	29 / -2	23 / -5	0.17 / 4	8.0 / 202	82%	4.4 / 7.1	75%
June	41 / 5	36 / 2	0.44 / 11	5.2 / 132	87%	4.7 / 7.6	87%
July	51 / 10	44 / 7	1.46 / 37	0.9 / 24	82%	4.7 / 7.6	82%
August	47 / 8	41 / 5	1.97 / 50	2.3 / 57	86%	4.1 / 6.6	88%
September	38 / 3	32 / 0	1.53 / 39	8.8 / 222	89%	4.5 / 7.2	88%
October	27 / -3	18 / -8	0.11 / 3	6.4 / 164	85%	4.5 / 7.2	81%
November	22 / -5	12 / -11	0.29 / 7	10.9 / 277	84%	5.2 / 8.4	82%
December	18 / -8	8 / -13	0.03 / 1	11.0 / 280	79%	5.5 / 8.9	73%

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