Svalbard
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
An icy archipelago where polar bears outnumber humans under the Midnight Sun.
Warmest month is July at 7°C on average. Coolest is March at -13°C. Driest reading falls in April with 7 rain days.
Costs and travel essentials
- Flight timeMethodology5h from London HeathrowGreat-circle plus routing overhead.
- Flight CO2eDEFRA 2024 factors959 kg return from London HeathrowDEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
| Month | Avg high | Daily spread | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10° | 18°C | 13 |
| February | -10° | 18°C | 13 |
| March | -13° | 21°C | 10 |
| April | -9° | 20°C | 7 |
| May | -3° | 15°C | 10 |
| June | 4° | 9°C | 7 |
| July | 7° | 10°C | 8 |
| August | 6° | 8°C | 10 |
| September | 2° | 12°C | 14 |
| October | -3° | 15°C | 14 |
| November | -7° | 18°C | 16 |
| December | -9° | 19°C | 15 |
What to do
- Embark on a multi-day Arctic expedition cruise
- Explore the abandoned Soviet ghost town of Pyramiden
- Go snowmobiling across the vast frozen tundra
How we know this
Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Daily spread is the width between the 10th and 90th percentiles of daily highs, not a forecast error margin. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.