Alta Weather in August
Alta in August
The short of it: Alta in August averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 9 °C (49 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 18 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 9° · rain 46 mm · daylight 18 h 6 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Alta an average August high of 16°, a low of 9° and some 46 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 16°, nights near 9°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 18 h 6 min in mid-August, 354 minutes less than a month before. The evenings barely darken — the light lingers past ten.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Alta runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Øksfjord, 46 km to the NW, is 3° cooler by day.
August in Alta, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 18 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ØksfjordFinnmark | 46 km NW | 13° | 9° | 55 mm |
| LakselvFinnmark | 65 km E | 16° | 8° | 54 mm |
| RypefjordFinnmark | 76 km N | 12° | 8° | 53 mm |
| HammerfestFinnmark | 79 km N | 12° | 8° | 53 mm |
| SkjervøyTroms | 88 km W | 15° | 11° | 55 mm |
| StorslettTroms | 89 km WSW | 16° | 11° | 56 mm |
| KárášjohkaFinnmark | 102 km ESE | 16° | 7° | 58 mm |
| KautokeinoFinnmark | 107 km S | 15° | 7° | 64 mm |