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CityCompass
Best time to be here: June to August. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days -8 °C, nights -13 °C
0 h sunshine · 0.0 h daylight
61 mm rain · 97% humidity
Days -8 °C, nights -13 °C
0 h sunshine · 0.0 h daylight
52 mm rain · 97% humidity
Days -10 °C, nights -15 °C
205 h sunshine · 10.1 h daylight
54 mm rain · 96% humidity
Days -6 °C, nights -11 °C
356 h sunshine · 18.9 h daylight
42 mm rain · 92% humidity
Days 0 °C, nights -4 °C
381 h sunshine · 24.0 h daylight
46 mm rain · 89% humidity
Days 3 °C, nights 2 °C
345 h sunshine · 24.0 h daylight
39 mm rain · 90% humidity
Days 7 °C, nights 5 °C
292 h sunshine · 24.0 h daylight
59 mm rain · 90% humidity
Days 6 °C, nights 3 °C
261 h sunshine · 24.0 h daylight
61 mm rain · 90% humidity
Days 2 °C, nights 0 °C
149 h sunshine · 13.5 h daylight
73 mm rain · 93% humidity
Days -3 °C, nights -6 °C
143 h sunshine · 4.9 h daylight
67 mm rain · 94% humidity
Days -5 °C, nights -10 °C
0 h sunshine · 0.0 h daylight
64 mm rain · 95% humidity
Days -7 °C, nights -11 °C
0 h sunshine · 0.0 h daylight
66 mm rain · 96% humidity
Living in Longyearbyen means living under Svalbard's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Svalbard actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Svalbard Territorial Personal Income Tax Regime, and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: June to August. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days -8 °C, nights -13 °C
0 h sunshine · 0.0 h daylight
61 mm rain · 97% humidity
Days -8 °C, nights -13 °C
0 h sunshine · 0.0 h daylight
52 mm rain · 97% humidity
Days -10 °C, nights -15 °C
205 h sunshine · 10.1 h daylight
54 mm rain · 96% humidity
Days -6 °C, nights -11 °C
356 h sunshine · 18.9 h daylight
42 mm rain · 92% humidity
Days 0 °C, nights -4 °C
381 h sunshine · 24.0 h daylight
46 mm rain · 89% humidity
Days 3 °C, nights 2 °C
345 h sunshine · 24.0 h daylight
39 mm rain · 90% humidity
Days 7 °C, nights 5 °C
292 h sunshine · 24.0 h daylight
59 mm rain · 90% humidity
Days 6 °C, nights 3 °C
261 h sunshine · 24.0 h daylight
61 mm rain · 90% humidity
Days 2 °C, nights 0 °C
149 h sunshine · 13.5 h daylight
73 mm rain · 93% humidity
Days -3 °C, nights -6 °C
143 h sunshine · 4.9 h daylight
67 mm rain · 94% humidity
Days -5 °C, nights -10 °C
0 h sunshine · 0.0 h daylight
64 mm rain · 95% humidity
Days -7 °C, nights -11 °C
0 h sunshine · 0.0 h daylight
66 mm rain · 96% humidity
Living in Longyearbyen means living under Svalbard's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Svalbard actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Svalbard Territorial Personal Income Tax Regime, and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)