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When do the autumn colours peak in Norway?

How autumn moves through Norway and where the colours come first.

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Short answer

Autumn colours in Norway usually peak in September and October, first in the mountains and the north, later in the south and on the coast. Visit Norway notes that Northern Norway and mountain areas get autumn temperatures earlier than coastal areas. There is no fixed date, as the timing changes from year to year.

Norway in autumn, winter and spring a round calendar wheel with four seasons shown as a snowflake, a leaf, a sun and a raindrop around a small mountain

Why

  1. Visit Norway counts September, October and November as the traditional autumn months in Norway.
  2. According to Visit Norway, Northern Norway and mountainous regions get autumn temperatures earlier than coastal and inland areas, and summery weather can last well into October in Southern Norway.
  3. Yr's 1991–2020 normals show the gap: September averages 7.8 °C in Tromsø, but 12.2 °C at Blindern in Oslo and 12.6 °C in Bergen.

Details

In the mountains the heather turns red, yellow and orange, and Visit Norway describes the fjords around Bergen as draped in autumn colours. Autumn can give way to winter as early as October, but more often in the middle or end of November. In the mountains, rain sometimes turns to snow in early November.

Tip

Plan the mountains or the north for September and the fjords and the south for October, and pack wind- and rainproof outer clothing, as autumn weather in the mountains changes quickly.

What may differ

The timing shifts with the weather each year: Visit Norway notes that some years summer stretches into September, while Northern Norway can see its first snowflakes in October.

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Information checked on 15 October 2026.

Norway in autumn, winter and spring
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