Average annual temperature is -2.6 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 14.9 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -21.8 °C
Number of sunny days: 146 days
Number of rainy days: 94 days
Number of snow days: 125 days
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* Weather data for Barentsburg Svalbard and Jan Mayen is based on climate observations for 2026 year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute maximum temperature (°C) | 2.3 | 1.5 | -2.0 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 12.6 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.1 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | -3.3 | -4.8 | -11.0 | -2.9 | -0.6 | 5.3 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 1.9 | -2.5 | -4.7 | -5.1 |
| Average temperature (°C) | -5.3 | -7.8 | -13.4 | -5.3 | -2.1 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 0.6 | -4.4 | -6.9 | -7.2 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | -7.8 | -11.0 | -16.2 | -8.4 | -4.0 | 2.8 | 7.4 | 6.1 | -1.1 | -6.4 | -9.4 | -10.0 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -16.9 | -18.3 | -21.8 | -19.1 | -13.8 | -1.4 | 5.3 | 3.7 | -8.1 | -11.0 | -16.2 | -19.1 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 0.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 18.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 0.0 | 2.4 | 11.4 | 20.6 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 23.2 | 14.5 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 18.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 0.0 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 14.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 34 | 86 | 20 | 106 | 91 | 34 | 6 | 74 | 79 | 27 | 49 | 46 |
| Sunny days | 12 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 13 |
| Rainy days | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| Snow days | 17 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 |
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