Best time to visit Trondheim
Norway · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Trondheim
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- JanJTrondheim in January: avoid
- FebFTrondheim in February: avoid
- MarMTrondheim in March: avoid
- AprATrondheim in April: ok
- MayMTrondheim in May: sweet spot
- JunJTrondheim in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJTrondheim in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugATrondheim in August: sweet spot, busy
- SepSTrondheim in September: sweet spot
- OctOTrondheim in October: avoid
- NovNTrondheim in November: avoid
- DecDTrondheim in December: avoid
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Things to do in Trondheim
- Nidaros Cathedral This is the biggest church in Northern Europe, the only major Gothic cathedral in Norway and the pride of the city.
- Dora 1 The German submarine base for the 13th flotilla during the German occupation of Norway (1940 - 1945).
- Munkholmen island The ancient fortress island, a popular spot for swimming, sunbathing, and visiting the old monastery.
- Old Town Bridge Bridge in Trondheim, Norway
- Kristiansten Fortress A fortress on a hill overlooking the centre.
- Nidelva River in Trøndelag, Norway
- Bakklandet Neighborhood in Trondheim, Norway
Tours and tickets in Trondheim
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Trondheim), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1° | 13d | 75% | 1.8h | avoid | bitter cold: 1C daily max |
| Feb | 1° | 11d | 73% | 4.2h | avoid | bitter cold: 1C daily max |
| Mar | 5° | 14d | 73% | 6.5h | avoid | bitter cold: 5C daily max |
| Apr | 8° | 11d | 72% | 9.4h | ok | 8C max, 11 rainy days |
| May | 13° | 12d | 72% | 11.4h | sweet spot | 13C max, 12 rainy days |
| Jun | 17° | 13d | 75% | 11.4h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 19° | 14d | 77% | 11.7h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 17° | 14d | 80% | 9.5h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 14° | 14d | 80% | 7.3h | sweet spot | 14C max, 14 rainy days |
| Oct | 9° | 17d | 83% | 4.3h | avoid | 9C max, 17 rainy days |
| Nov | 4° | 12d | 79% | 2.5h | avoid | bitter cold: 4C daily max |
| Dec | 1° | 12d | 78% | 0.9h | avoid | bitter cold: 1C daily max |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the centre, 26 km from the airport (TRD): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Trondheim's January days now average 0.7°C, 4.3°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 7 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | -3.6° | -1.0° | 2.6° | 6.3° | 13.2° | 15.8° | 17.2° | 16.3° | 12.5° | 8.4° | 1.9° | -1.4° |
| 2017–26 | 0.7° | 1.3° | 4.6° | 8.2° | 13.0° | 17.0° | 18.5° | 17.1° | 14.3° | 8.8° | 3.9° | 1.5° |
| Change | +4.3° | +2.3° | +2.1° | +2.0° | -0.2° | +1.3° | +1.4° | +0.8° | +1.8° | +0.4° | +1.9° | +2.8° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Trondheim is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Stockholm
- from Copenhagen
- from Amsterdam
- from Warsaw
- from Brussels
- from London
- from Dublin
- from Frankfurt
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Trondheim, flying or not.
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.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Visa and Mastercard are taken almost everywhere, usually by tapping, and you can go days without cash; Vipps, the local payment app, needs a Norwegian bank account. Staffed shops must still accept cash for sums up to 20,000 kroner.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not expected: in restaurants round up, and 10% is generous. Taxi drivers do not expect a tip.
Getting around Trondheim
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, Norgestaxi, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Messenger.
If you want to find locations in Trondheim, try the Yellow Pages website. The maps have more detail than popular map websites, and are very useful if you've heard the name of a place, but don't know where it is. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Trondheim, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 112 · ambulance 113 · fire 110.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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Trondheim in pictures
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What Trondheim is like
Trondheim, formerly Trondhjem or Nidaros, is an old city in central Norway. It is a key city in Norway, its skyline dominated by the lovely cathedral and its city life dominated by the university. Central Trondheim is beautifully inside a large river bend where the river meets the wide Trondheimsfjord. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Stay close to the Nidelva The river is a good place to take a break and relax Marinen just behind the cathedral. Behind the cathedral, there is a park with a children's playground. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Check out Trondheim's bustling nightlife. During term time, the students make the nightlife rocking all week, and skyrocketing in weekends. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Trondheim Airport Værnes (TRD IATA). serves international and national flights. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Generally considered to be the sort of city where little old ladies can walk safely in dark alleys. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Trondheim, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Trondheim
Also in Norway
Nearby
- Stockholm Sweden · 613 km
- Åland Åland · 624 km
- Gothenburg Sweden · 643 km
- Shetland United Kingdom · 707 km
Kind of place
Trondheim is in Norway, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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