Nordland · Norway
Where to stay in Svolvær
Svolvær is a city in Nordland, Norway, home to about 5,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Svolvær.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- SVJ4 km · Svolvær Airport, Helle
- Currency
- NOKNorwegian krone
- Time zone
- Europe/Oslo
- Language
- Bokmål, Norwegian, Nynorsk
About
About Svolvær
Svolvær, Suolvearra (Northern Sami), or Spålavuolle (Lule Sami) is a town and the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. It is located on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, along the Vestfjorden.
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Svolvær
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
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| Thon Hotel Svolvær hotel |
When to go
The best time to visit Svolvær
Svolvær has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 15 °C; October is the wettest, with about 166 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Svolvær: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ), about 4.4 km from the city centre in a straight line; Leknes Airport (LKN, 41 km) and Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN, 43 km) are also within reach.
SVJ · Svolvær Airport, Helle
LKN · Leknes Airport
SKN · Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen
Questions
Svolvær: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Svolvær?
Svolvær has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 15 °C; October is the wettest, with about 166 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Svolvær?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ), about 4.4 km from the city centre in a straight line; Leknes Airport (LKN, 41 km) and Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (SKN, 43 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Svolvær?
Norwegian krone (NOK).
Nearby
Destinations near Svolvær
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.