Climate

People often associate the Arctic with cold, ice and snow, but the warmth of the Gulf Stream and the bright summer season accelerate life in the North. Life flourishes in the Midnight Sun. Summer temperatures in Norway may reach 25-35 degrees in southern part, 20-30 degrees in the northern part, allowing us to enjoy a refreshing swim in the lakes or sea.

Winter  varies considerably from north to south and from coast to inland regions. While the southern coast may often be free of snow, there may be metres of it elsewhere. Winter temperatures may also vary greatly, but are highest along the coast, usually between 0 and 10 degrees Celsius.

While Tromsø experiences a subarctic climate because winter temperatures are just cold enough to qualify and the summer season is short. However, the weather and precipitation amount and pattern, with maximum precipitation in autumn and early winter, as well as lack of permafrost, are atypical for subarctic areas, so this climate is sometimes called maritime subarctic or oceanic boreal.

Summer in the south and southeast can easily have temperatures over 25 °C. Winter temperatures in the east often drop to -25 °C resulting in large parts of Oslofjord being covered in ice.  The rest of the coastline have winter temperatures mainly over 0°C.