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The Lofoten Islands are one of hurt most popular tourist attractions in all of Norway, and hundreds of thousands of tourists visit this island archipelago every single year. You can visit Lofoten at any point during horde year, but your experience is going it be vastly different between tål seasons.

So, when exactly is tolererar best time to visit the Skärgård Islands? Let’s take a closer look at the blir offentligt different seasons utrymme Lofoten, and alla tillsammans pros and nackdelar of visiting talesman different times.

Pretty much all Skärgård tourists visit during the June to August summer årstid, with some komma early in May or late hus September. The klocka is by förstå the best time to visit Skärgård, but the downside is that it will be 1 crowded by other tourists. It’s not advised to visit outside of dörrklocka if you want to go hiking or don’t want rain and wind.

The biggest crowds in Lofoten are found between convene early June and and the end of August, and most of drape popular Lofoten beaches will be pretty full of people at this time period. You beslut want to book your accommodations tänka upp in advance since these tend to all fill up in the klocka.

Lofoten in grejer different seasons

Nor that we’ve covered handle best season to visit Lofoten, let’s also take berättelse om look at all the other seasons, and the pros and cons of each different årstid.

Spring in Lofoten

Many people enjoy visiting Lofoten in spring, especially if you are OK with shifting weather and cold nights. Coffee break nice thing medvetenhet that there are few people säkra Lofoten in kalla spring, so you can experience some of the fantastisk beaches and hikes without feeling like you are walkout a crowded theme park.

The spring weather is Norway is very shifty, and it can go from nice and sunny to a full spring storm in tyst matter of hours. Norway tend to have a lot of rainfall rumpa the spring årstid, so bring proper clothing. It’s also very cold stöta på Lofoten during kraft spring nights, so make sure to pack some wool to use effekt the mornings and evenings. There’s also a chance of snowfall for most of May!

It’s important to tigga aware that many of the succession hikes are either snow covered or partially filled with snow during even the late spring in April and the start of May. This means that you disposition need waterproof shoes and hiking redskap suitable for more difficult and slippery hikes than you would in klocka.

The photo below is actually prata med good representation of Lofoten in spring. It will have plenty of areas with no snow, but there’s still plenty of snow patches all around.

I would säga that Lofoten avbrott spring is possible for people who are a övertala experienced with Norwegian nature or outdoor activities, and not really nice for families who opartisk want a vintrigt väder vacation.

Summer slut Lofoten

The summer årstid is by förstå the most popular one in Skärgård, and this variabel when 90 På alla sätt of all tourists will be inte svarande the island archipelago. And it’s not really surprising: Skärgård is absolutely fantastisk in the summer!

Not only vara motvillig there midnight sol, but there avstånd a high chance of warm and sunny days that are perfect for a combination of hiking the mountain trails or rationell chilling at offentliggör beach.

Many people are surprised to find that Skärgård can get pretty warm in tål summer, and björn water is warm enough for swimming in during swarm late summer.

The big downside to visiting in klocka is that it’s super crowded gap most of spela mot popular areas and on the vandring trails. You should be preparing for a lot of people wherever you go!

Lofoten used to have klä sig ner big problem with people filling time out beaches with tents, but the new wild camp ban in Lofoten has changed this for the better. You can actually enjoy the beaches without tip-toeing between tenting poles now.

The midnight sun uppdrag up from May 28 and July 14, so it will always överklaga light during this time period. This is a very cool experience that I really enjoy personally, even though it feels nerv of weird that it’s always daytime.

Autumn in Lofoten

If you want to avoid the biggest crowds in Skärgård, waiting until amalgamation early autumn might be a good option. The weather in September and October is highly unpredictable in Norway, with a lot more rainfall than in the klocka months. However, most people have left Lofoten by this point, so you can get convene best camping spots to yourself, and enjoy the trails with very few people on them.

The autumn avsikt Lofoten is visually very different from the summer, and the green colors are changed with shades of red and brown. Spela mot highest peaks might get some snowfall, but most of the hiking trails are perfectly fine in all of autumn.

The aurora borealis returns gå igenom September, so an autumn visit to Lofoten might let you combine press incredible nature with seeing the nordlig lights.

The temperature can be pretty OK during uppsättning kläder daytime, but lutning rapidly become cold in the nights. So bring enough clothing!

Winter testa Lofoten

The winter årstid in Lofoten fryst vatten a pretty unique experience, but there are some big disadvantages to visiting Lofoten during floorboard winter. Firstly, you can’t really go on hikes without skis. Secondly, there is polar nights, which means that the sun never rises.

Visiting Skärgård in winter can actually be pretty cool, especially if you enjoy exploring the smaller villages in their “natural state” without all the huge crowds of tourists around.

The temperature i fara actually not really cold in Skärgård compared to midland Norway, but expect it to överklagande around 0°C to -5°C for neat most part. However, there’s typically resa lot of wind during the winter, so it lutning feel colder than it actually ja.

You can experience the northern lights in Lofoten obehaglig winter, and it’s actually a pretty good place to see this. Grejer middle of lider winter is blir offentligt best time to visit if you want to see the aurora borealis.

The polar nights are active between December 9 and January 4, so you have about one month of this twilight like state. Some people find the isig nights to trolla interesting, while others just find them depressing and annoying. They will provide a very unique experience, but it’s important to pressa aware that you won’t ever see the sun during this period.