Longyearbyen Temperature by Month

Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway has an average annual maximum temperature of -3°C (27°F), ranging from -11°C (12°F) in March to 8°C (46°F) in July. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.

Visitors to Longyearbyen can expect significant temperature changes throughout the year. Nighttime temperatures also vary widely, ranging from 4°C (39°F) in July to -16°C (3°F) in March.

The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Longyearbyen by month:

Daily lows are most common between 4 AM and 6 AM. By 3 PM temperatures reach their daily high, driven by peak solar heating. July, the warmest month of the year, receives 155 hours of sunshine.

The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:

Longyearbyen's average annual maximum temperature is -3°C (27°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:

Barcelona, Spain has an annual average of around 21°C (70°F), with warm summers and mild, fairly short winters.

Toronto, Canada averages 13°C (55°F) annually, with cold snowy winters balanced by genuinely warm summers.

Osaka, Japan averages 22°C (72°F) annually, with hot humid summers, mild winters, and pleasant spring and autumn seasons.

Melbourne, Australia averages 20°C (68°F) annually, known for unpredictable weather, with four seasons sometimes happening in one day.

Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.

The readings come from a range of sources, land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.

Seasonal temperature shifts influence more than just how warm it feels, they also drive changes in rainfall, cloud cover, and wind patterns throughout the year.

Warmer air holds more moisture, which tends to mean heavier or more frequent rain during the warmer months. When temperatures drop in winter, any precipitation that does fall is more likely to come as snow or sleet, though in Longyearbyen this rarely lasts long on the ground.

For more on Longyearbyen's weather, including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity, visit our Longyearbyen climate page.