Best time to visit Hamar

The best time to visit Hamar is June, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Hamar, Innlandet, Norway

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  • Average daily high and low
  • Precipitation
  • Good month
  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January-3.5 °C / 26 °F-8.4 °C / 17 °F60 mm / 2.4 inneither best nor good
February-1.6 °C / 29 °F-7.6 °C / 18 °F46 mm / 1.8 inneither best nor good
March3.7 °C / 39 °F-4.4 °C / 24 °F42 mm / 1.7 inneither best nor good
April9 °C / 48 °F-0.5 °C / 31 °F44 mm / 1.7 inneither best nor good
May14.4 °C / 58 °F4.6 °C / 40 °F74 mm / 2.9 ingood month
June18.6 °C / 65 °F8.9 °C / 48 °F80 mm / 3.1 inbest month
July20.3 °C / 69 °F11.3 °C / 52 °F109 mm / 4.3 ingood month
August18.4 °C / 65 °F10.6 °C / 51 °F114 mm / 4.5 ingood month
September14.6 °C / 58 °F7.7 °C / 46 °F83 mm / 3.3 ingood month
October8 °C / 46 °F3 °C / 37 °F78 mm / 3.1 inneither best nor good
November2.8 °C / 37 °F-0.9 °C / 30 °F69 mm / 2.7 inneither best nor good
December-1.4 °C / 29 °F-5.5 °C / 22 °F58 mm / 2.3 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: neither
  5. MMay: good
  6. JJune: best
  7. JJuly: good
  8. AAugust: good
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
June
Good
May, July–September
Why these months
  • May · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 68%, precipitation 74 mm / 2.9 in, average daily high 14.4 °C / 58 °F, days with heavy rain 2.2 days, relative humidity 66%, wet days 12 days, average daily low 4.6 °C / 40 °F.

    Against: feels like (high) 11.7 °C / 53 °F.

  • June · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 17 °C / 63 °F, average daily high 18.6 °C / 65 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 71%, precipitation 80 mm / 3.1 in, days with heavy rain 2.5 days, relative humidity 67%, average daily low 8.9 °C / 48 °F, wet days 11.7 days.

  • July · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 19.5 °C / 67 °F, average daily high 20.3 °C / 69 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 67%, precipitation 109 mm / 4.3 in, average daily low 11.3 °C / 52 °F, days with heavy rain 3.4 days, relative humidity 73%.

    Against: wet days 14.3 days.

  • August · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 17.4 °C / 63 °F, average daily high 18.4 °C / 65 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 62%, precipitation 114 mm / 4.5 in, average daily low 10.6 °C / 51 °F, days with heavy rain 3.8 days.

    Against: wet days 15 days, relative humidity 78%.

  • September · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 55%, precipitation 83 mm / 3.3 in, feels like (high) 12.7 °C / 55 °F, average daily high 14.6 °C / 58 °F, days with heavy rain 2.7 days, wet days 11.1 days, average daily low 7.7 °C / 46 °F.

    Against: relative humidity 80%.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Hafjell, 56 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) -7.5 °C-5.4 °C-0.2 °C5.4 °C11.7 °C17 °C19.5 °C17.4 °C12.7 °C5.3 °C-0.4 °C-5.1 °C
Days with heavy rain 1.2 days0.9 days1.1 days1.1 days2.2 days2.5 days3.4 days3.8 days2.7 days2.4 days1.6 days1.1 days
Time rain usually falls 11 pm4 am9 am9 am5 pm6 pm6 pm4 pm12 pm10 am6 am11 am
Sunshine per day 2.6 h4.5 h7.5 h10.4 h11.9 h13.4 h12.2 h9.7 h7.1 h4.5 h2.4 h1.7 h
Relative humidity 86%83%74%67%66%67%73%78%80%84%88%89%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20252.7 µg/m³3.1 µg/m³3.4 µg/m³5 µg/m³6.2 µg/m³6.7 µg/m³6.5 µg/m³4.9 µg/m³4.2 µg/m³2.5 µg/m³1.9 µg/m³2.1 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–20255 µg/m³6.4 µg/m³6.3 µg/m³8.6 µg/m³10.6 µg/m³11.9 µg/m³11.4 µg/m³8.7 µg/m³7.3 µg/m³4.5 µg/m³3.6 µg/m³3.7 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).