Best time to visit Norway

Timing is simple in Norway: almost every destination here peaks in June or July, so one set of dates works for the whole country.

Averaged across every destination listed, Norway is at its best in July, scoring 62 out of 100, with August close behind at 60. January is the weakest month nationally at 12. The window is narrow: only 3 months come within eight points of the best, so an itinerary covering several of these places should be built around that rather than around any one city's own peak.

There is real variation inside Norway: 10 °C annually in Kristiansand against 4 °C in Tromsø. Rainfall is broadly similar throughout, from 168 wet days a year in Oslo to 243 in Bergen.