Oslo weather by month

TL;DR

At the OSLO BLINDERN weather station, which we use for Oslo, the warmest month is July (average high 22.7 °C) and the coldest January and February (average low −4.7 °C), averaged over 1991–2020. The wettest month is August (103 mm of rain). Norway's quietest month for visitors in 2025 was January.

The Oslo waterfront from above
The Oslo waterfront from above. Photo by Jess Chen on Pexels.

Oslo weather by month

Averages for 1991–2020 at the OSLO BLINDERN weather station, copied from our Norway page, next to each month's share of Norway's tourist nights (Eurostat, 2025). These are long-term averages, not a forecast.

Oslo: average weather by month, 1991 to 2020, and share of 2025 visits
MonthAverage highAverage lowRainRainy daysDaylight on the 15thShare of 2025
January0.1 °C−4.7 °C58 mm10.0 days6 h 45 min4.9%
February1.1 °C−4.7 °C46 mm8.0 days9 h 15 min5.7%
March5.3 °C−2.1 °C41 mm7.0 days11 h 45 min6.3%
April11.0 °C2.1 °C48 mm8.0 days14 h 35 min5.9%
May16.7 °C6.8 °C60 mm9.0 days17 h 10 min8.2%
June20.4 °C10.8 °C80 mm10.0 days18 h 50 min11.9%
July22.7 °C13.4 °C87 mm11.0 days18 h18.2%
August21.3 °C12.5 °C103 mm11.0 days15 h 40 min13.6%
September16.4 °C8.6 °C82 mm9.0 days12 h 55 min8.4%
October9.6 °C3.8 °C93 mm11.0 days10 h 10 min6.5%
November4.4 °C0.0 °C85 mm11.0 days7 h 35 min5.5%
December0.9 °C−3.7 °C54 mm10.0 days5 h 55 min4.9%

Golden hour

Evening golden hour is our calculation for the 15th of each month of 2026: the time the sun takes to go from 6° above to 4° below the horizon (there is no official definition).

Oslo: golden hour and sea temperature by month
MonthEvening golden hour (15th)
January2 h 7 min
February1 h 31 min
March1 h 21 min
April1 h 25 min
May1 h 44 min
June2 h 10 min
July1 h 55 min
August1 h 30 min
September1 h 20 min
October1 h 25 min
November1 h 50 min
December2 h 39 min

The quietest and busiest months

In 2025, January was Norway's quietest month (4.9% of the year's tourist nights): average high 0.1 °C, average low −4.7 °C, 58 mm of rain. July was the busiest (18.2%): average high 22.7 °C, average low 13.4 °C, 87 mm of rain. The figures do not show that the weather makes a month busier or quieter, so we do not say it does.

What these figures are

One weather station stands for Oslo; places nearby can differ, especially by height or distance from the sea. For the full picture of Norway, including regions and holidays, see our Norway page; for other places, the visual guides and golden hour by place.

Where the OSLO BLINDERN weather station is: 59.942° N, 10.720° E. Outline of Norway from Natural Earth (world-atlas), simplified; small islands may not show.

Key takeaways

  • Warmest month: July (average high 22.7 °C); coldest: January and February (average low −4.7 °C).
  • Wettest month: August (103 mm); driest: March (41 mm).
  • In 2025, January was Norway's quietest month for visitors and July the busiest.

Sources

Weather normals and daylight copied from our country or prefecture page; tourism shares from the same page. See how we research.

  1. Weather: WMO Member Nations (2023). WMO Climatological Standard Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0253808), station OSLO_BLINDERN (station ID 00001492), mean daily maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation and number of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation, normals computed from at least 24 years. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/800j-vn07. Accessed 22 September 2026. Released by NOAA under CC0.
  2. Daylight: our calculation of the time from sunrise to sunset on the 15th of each month of 2026 at the weather station's location, by the method of the NOAA Solar Calculator (NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, “Solar Calculation Details”, based on Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, allowing 0.833° for refraction and the size of the sun). Read it. Checked 22 September 2026. NOAA notes that calculated times can differ from what is observed.
  3. Source: Eurostat, Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments – monthly data, doi:10.2908/TOUR_OCC_NIM, accessed 25 September 2026. Dataset last updated by Eurostat on 22 September 2026. Extract: number of nights, NACE codes I55.1–I55.3, all guests and split by guests resident in the country and abroad, January–December 2025.

Modified data: the arrangement, the golden-hour and sea columns and the quietest/busiest comparison are ours, from the cited figures.