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Satellite view of Vågen; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Cove

Vågen

NorwayVestland · Norway · North Sea

60.3974, 5.3185 · Bergen, 1 km

  • 16°Sea · August
  • 17°High · July
  • 7.7 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Vågen. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Vågen in October

  • 8°CAir, daytime high4°C at night
  • 12°CSea temperature
  • 2.0 hSunshine a day
  • 21 daysRainy days in the month276 mm in total
  • 11 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 67Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 13 kmAirport: Bergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 13.5 °C — 1.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 12.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 8.1 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August16 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineMay and June8 h of sun a day
Least rainMay and June141 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan7°0 h299 mm
  2. Feb6°1 h218 mm
  3. Mar5°3 h215 mm
  4. Apr6°6 h155 mm
  5. May9°8 h141 mm
  6. Jun12°8 h154 mm
  7. Jul15°6 h175 mm
  8. Aug16°5 h205 mm
  9. Sep15°3 h268 mm
  10. Oct12°2 h276 mm
  11. Nov10°0 h293 mm
  12. Dec8°0 h319 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7°Feb: 6°Mar: 5°Apr: 6°May: 9°Jun: 12°Jul: 15°Aug: 16°Sep: 15°Oct: 12°Nov: 10°Dec: 8°5°16°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -2 °C (High 0° / Low -4°)Feb: -2 °C (High 0° / Low -4°)Mar: 0 °C (High 2° / Low -3°)Apr: 4 °C (High 7° / Low 1°)May: 8 °C (High 11° / Low 4°)Jun: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 8°)Jul: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 11°)Aug: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 10°)Sep: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 8°)Oct: 6 °C (High 8° / Low 4°)Nov: 2 °C (High 4° / Low 2°)Dec: -1 °C (High 1° / Low -2°)14°-2°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mm300 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 299 mmFeb: 218 mmMar: 215 mmApr: 155 mmMay: 141 mm141Jun: 154 mmJul: 175 mmAug: 205 mmSep: 268 mmOct: 276 mmNov: 293 mmDec: 319 mm319

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 0.0 h0.0Feb: 1.4 hMar: 3.1 hApr: 5.7 hMay: 7.7 h7.7Jun: 7.7 h7.7Jul: 6.5 hAug: 5.1 hSep: 3.2 hOct: 2.0 hNov: 0.5 hDec: 0.0 h0.0

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Vågen: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Vågen: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January0-47299220.014
February0-46218201.412
March2-35215213.111
April716155175.710
May1149141177.710
June15812154187.79
July171115175206.58
Augustwarmest sea171016205215.19
September13815268213.210
October8412276212.011
November4010293210.512
December1-28319230.013

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Vågen: Strandsiden, Bergen, Norway - panoramio (2)
Photo: trolvag · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Vågen: Vågen, Bergen, Norway - panoramio (5)
Photo: trolvag · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Vågen: Bryggen, Vågen, Bergen, 2019 (02)
Photo: Bahnfrend · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

The nearest sea measurement point is 24 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER20 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202024 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.120 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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