Region · Norway
Where to stay in Finnmark
This guide covers 4 destinations in Finnmark, a first-level administrative division of Norway, with 4 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Alta, Hammerfest and Kirkenes. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Alta Airport (ALF).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Places to stay
- 4
- Main airport
- ALFAlta Airport
- Currency
- NOKNorwegian krone
- Time zone
- Europe/Oslo
Destinations
Destinations in Finnmark
Every destination in this guide in Finnmark, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta | 22,074 | 1 | ALF · 4 km |
| Hammerfest | 11,391 | 1 | HFT · 2 km |
| Kirkenes | 3,424 | 1 | KKN · 6 km |
| Kautokeino | 2,886 | 1 | ENF · 74 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Finnmark
4 places to stay in Finnmark from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where |
|---|---|
| Thon Hotel Alta hotel | Alta |
| Thon Hotel Hammerfest hotel | Hammerfest |
| Thon Hotel Kautokeino hotel | Kautokeino |
| Thon Hotel Kirkenes hotel | Kirkenes |
When to go
Best time to visit Finnmark
From the climate of 4 destinations in Finnmark with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 4 | -3 °C | 48 mm |
| February | 0 of 4 | -3 °C | 44 mm |
| March | 0 of 4 | -1 °C | 39 mm |
| April | 0 of 4 | 3 °C | 32 mm |
| May | 0 of 4 | 7 °C | 39 mm |
| June | 0 of 4 | 12 °C | 56 mm |
| July | 0 of 4 | 16 °C | 68 mm |
| August | 0 of 4 | 15 °C | 65 mm |
| September | 0 of 4 | 10 °C | 52 mm |
| October | 0 of 4 | 3 °C | 56 mm |
| November | 0 of 4 | -0 °C | 44 mm |
| December | 0 of 4 | -2 °C | 53 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving Finnmark
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Finnmark name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
ALF · Alta Airport
HFT · Hammerfest Airport
KKN · Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen
ENF · Enontekio Airport
LKL · Lakselv Airport, Banak
VDS · Vadsø Airport
VAW · Vardø Airport, Svartnes
SOJ · Sørkjosen Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Finnmark, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Norway
Nearby
Regions near Finnmark
Other regions of Norway with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.