How accurate is yr.no, and which weather app do Norwegians use?
Who is behind Yr, how its forecasts are checked and where they are weakest.
Short answer
Yr is the weather service people in Norway trust most, and MET Norway's own checks show that its forecasts in 2025 held the level of earlier years or improved. Yr averaged 11.3 million visitors a week in 2025. MET still warns that rain amounts are hard to forecast and that long-range forecasts can seem more accurate than they are.
Why
- In MET's annual Ipsos survey, 65 per cent of the population said they trusted Yr most in 2025, up from 61 per cent in 2024.
- MET's annual report for 2025 puts the temperature forecast score in the upper part of its time series, with precipitation forecasts well within the range of previous years.
- MET's page on forecast terms says that precipitation varies a lot and is difficult to forecast, not least in amounts.
Details
Yr is a collaboration between MET and NRK and is the main public channel for MET's danger warnings. The share of people who check the weather on Yr at least once a day rose from 55 per cent in 2024 to 59 per cent in 2025, and in week 30 of 2025 Yr set a record of 15.9 million unique visits. The 21-day forecast, added to Yr on 25 January 2024, is based on monthly forecast data from ECMWF; until 2023 the longest forecast on Yr covered 10 days.
Tip
Use the hourly forecast for the next day or two when planning hikes or drives, treat days far ahead as a trend, and check the warnings on Yr before trips in the mountains or along the coast.
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Sources
- MET Norway: Annual report 2025Checked at:
- MET Norway: Our servicesChecked at:
- MET Norway: Terms used in weather forecastsChecked at:
- MET info 33/2025: Introducing the 21-day forecast on YrChecked at:
- MET Norway: Extreme weather and other danger warningsChecked at:
Information checked on 15 October 2026.
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