Quick answer: Svalbard sits at 78.2° N and gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight today, with the sun 16° up at solar noon. The panel above scores each upcoming day 0–100 and returns a direct go, wait or skip verdict.
Conditions on this page are recalculated from the latest forecast every time it is opened, for the current date in the location's own time zone.
One page for Svalbard, Norway: today's 0–100 Weather Score with the factors behind it, the hour-by-hour rain outlook, every day of the coming week ranked and colour-coded, and sunrise, sunset and golden hour computed for Svalbard's own coordinates and timezone. Forecast values load live from Open-Meteo when the page opens; nothing below is a stored or generated climate figure.
Any weather decision in Svalbard starts from the light budget. In September the location gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight, with the sun peaking 16° above the horizon — that sets how warm afternoons run, how long outdoor plans stay viable and how much usable photographic light the day contains. The scores above layer the live Open-Meteo forecast on top of that baseline.
Daylight, midday sun angle and golden-hour length below are calculated for Svalbard's own coordinates (78.22° N, 15.63° E) on the 15th of each month. These are solar geometry, not climate averages.
| Month | Daylight | Sun at solar noon | Golden hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 h (sun never rises) | 0° | No standard window |
| February | 0 h (sun never rises) | 0° | No standard window |
| March | 10 h 42 min | 9° | 218 min |
| April | 20 h 0 min | 21° | 296 min |
| May | 24 h (sun never sets) | 31° | No standard window |
| June | 24 h (sun never sets) | 35° | No standard window |
| July | 24 h (sun never sets) | 33° | No standard window |
| August | 24 h (sun never sets) | 26° | 198 min |
| September | 14 h 0 min | 14° | 204 min |
| October | 5 h 36 min | 2° | 249 min |
| November | 0 h (sun never rises) | 0° | No standard window |
| December | 0 h (sun never rises) | 0° | No standard window |
Scores are capped by dealbreakers — heavy rain, dangerous wind, thick fog or hazardous UV pull a day down no matter how pleasant the rest of the numbers look. Forecast data is Open-Meteo; solar and lunar values are computed for Svalbard's own coordinates and time zone. Full details on the methodology page.