Trondheim Climate & Temperature
- Trondheim, Norway is at 63°25'N, 10°27'E, 115 m (377 ft). See map.
- Trondheim has a subarctic climate that has severe winters, no dry season, with cool, short summers and strong seasonality (Köppen-Geiger classification: Dfc).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Trondheim is situated in or near the boreal wet forest biome.
- The annual mean temperature is 5 degrees Celsius (40.9 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 18 °C (32.4°F). This indicates that the continentality type is oceanic, subtype semicontinental.
- In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 0°C (32°F) on average falling to -4.7°C (23.6°F) overnight.
- In spring time temperatures climb reaching 7.3°C (45.2°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 0°C (32°F).
- During summer average high temperatures are 17°C (62.6°F) and average low temperatures are 9.7°C (49.4°F).
- Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 8.3°C (47°F) during the day and lows of 2°C (35.6°F) generally shortly after sunrise.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 857 mm (33.7 inches) which is equivalent to 857 Litres/m² (21.02 Gallons/ft²).
- On average there are 1346 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Trondheim you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Mcmurdo Sound, Antarctica where you would find a Ice Cap climate.
Trondheim Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) | -1 (30) | 0 (32) | 3 (37) | 7 (45) | 12 (54) | 15 (59) | 19 (66) | 17 (63) | 13 (55) | 8 (46) | 4 (39) | 1 (34) | 8 (47) | ||
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | -3 (27) | -3 (28) | -1 (31) | 4 (38) | 8 (46) | 12 (53) | 15 (59) | 14 (56) | 10 (49) | 5 (41) | 1 (34) | -2 (29) | 5 (41) | ||
| Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) | -5 (23) | -5 (23) | -4 (25) | 0 (32) | 4 (39) | 8 (46) | 11 (52) | 10 (50) | 6 (43) | 2 (36) | -2 (28) | -4 (25) | 2 (35) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 68 (3) | 67 (3) | 67 (3) | 60 (2) | 48 (2) | 66 (3) | 70 (3) | 78 (3) | 92 (4) | 98 (4) | 67 (3) | 76 (3) | 857 (34) | ||
| Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %) | 15 (48) | 15 (53) | 15 (48) | 16 (53) | 15 (48) | 18 (60) | 17 (55) | 16 (52) | 19 (63) | 19 (61) | 14 (47) | 16 (52) | 195 (53) | ||
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 0h 36' | 2h 13' | 4h 27' | 5h 24' | 6h 13' | 6h 02' | 5h 52' | 5h 44' | 3h 52' | 2h 19' | 1h 02' | 0h 21' | 3h 41' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 5h 49' | 8h 40' | 11h 49' | 15h 05' | 18h 14' | 20h 16' | 19h 18' | 16h 20' | 13h 05' | 9h 48' | 6h 40' | 4h 43' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 12 (88) | 27 (73) | 39 (61) | 37 (63) | 35 (65) | 31 (69) | 31 (69) | 36 (64) | 31 (69) | 25 (75) | 17 (83) | 8 (92) | 31 (69) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 6.8 | 16.1 | 26.9 | 38.5 | 46.8 | 50 | 47 | 38.7 | 27.2 | 15.8 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 27 |
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