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Svalbard in February
avoid · not the best time to go
The year in Svalbard
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- JanJSvalbard in January: avoid
- FebFSvalbard in February: avoid
- MarMSvalbard in March: avoid
- AprASvalbard in April: avoid
- MayMSvalbard in May: avoid
- JunJSvalbard in June: avoid
- JulJSvalbard in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugASvalbard in August: sweet spot
- SepSSvalbard in September: avoid
- OctOSvalbard in October: avoid
- NovNSvalbard in November: avoid
- DecDSvalbard in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
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- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | -9°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | -14°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | -13°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 8 · 51 mm |
| Humidity | 80% |
| Sunshine | 0.4 h/day |
| Daylight | 2.3 h/day |
| Crowds | 100 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
Weather read at Longyearbyen, 5 km from the airport (LYR): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Svalbard in pictures
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Michael Major for Crop Trust, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- A proper coat, hat and gloves: nights average -14°C.
- A packable rain jacket for the 8 or so rainy days.
- Humidity averages 80%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Norwegian krone. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Norway: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
On arrival in Svalbard: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
February elsewhere
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- Mountains in February
- Wildlife in February
- Europe in February
In February from
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