Vik Weather in August
Vik in August
The short of it: Vik in August averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 124 mm (4.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 11° · rain 124 mm · daylight 15 h 47 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Vik an average August high of 16°, a low of 11° and some 124 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 16°, nights near 11°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 124 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 47 min in mid-August, 159 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Vik runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Balestrand, 17 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
August in Vik, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 27 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BalestrandVestland | 17 km N | 17° | 11° | 136 mm |
| HermansverkVestland | 20 km NE | 18° | 11° | 102 mm |
| HøyangerVestland | 32 km NW | 15° | 10° | 198 mm |
| SogndalVestland | 34 km NE | 19° | 12° | 82 mm |
| KaupangerVestland | 38 km ENE | 18° | 11° | 80 mm |
| LærdalsøyriVestland | 48 km E | 16° | 10° | 79 mm |
| VossVestland | 48 km S | 17° | 10° | 148 mm |
| SandeVestland | 51 km NW | 17° | 12° | 197 mm |