November–December
Wk 48–50
Best balance of weather comfort and space: crowd level around 1 out of 100, weather comfort near –.
- Crowd level
- 0–3
- Comfort
- –
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Norway
Best time to visit Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen
When is it busiest here, and when is it quietest? The answer runs week by week through the region's own year, from official EU overnight-stay statistics.
Busiest week
JulyCrowd level 100
Wk 30 · 4,691 overnight stays
Quietest weeks
November–DecemberCrowd level 0–3
Wk 48–50 · measured against the region's own year, not against other regions
Sweet spot
Wk 48–50Crowd level 0–3
November–December · a good balance of weather comfort and crowd level
Crowding Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026 · Crowding score 0–100, season-relative
Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen (Norway) is quietest from November to December: across Wk 48–50 the crowd level runs from 0 to 3 out of 100. The busiest single week falls in July (Wk 30), at 100 out of 100 with roughly 4,691 overnight stays. Calculated from open official data; the values are modelled, not counted.
When is Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen busy, when is it quiet?
Click a week. The panel on the right explains why it is busy or quiet.
JanuaryØ 12
FebruaryØ 63
MarchØ 78
AprilØ 81
MayØ 63
JuneØ 71
JulyØ 90
AugustØ 82
SeptemberØ 39
OctoberØ 25
NovemberØ 7
DecemberØ 8
Colour = season-relative crowd level
Why this week?
November · Wk 48
Crowd level3/100 · fairly quiet
quietbusy
-48 % versus the region's annual average.
- Contributing months
- November (72 %) · December (28 %)
- Overnight stays/week
- 1,646
- Main source markets
- Germany (35 %) · Netherlands (14 %) · United Kingdom (11 %) · 18% of guests modelled
- Region range
- 1,538–4,691 (avg 3,150)
- Base years
- 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (excluding 2020, 2021)
v1: Crowd-Score aus der Eurostat-Basisschicht (Übernachtungen), moduliert vom Schulferien-Druck der Quellmärkte, region-spezifisch gewichtet mit dem Quellland-Mix. Season-relativ zur Region. Event-Schichten folgen.
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The travel year in Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen, month by month
The year as a table to read and to cite: crowd level for every month, plus weather comfort and temperature from the climate normals.
| Month | Crowd level0–100, season-relative |
|---|---|
| January | 12 |
| February | 63 |
| March | 78 |
| April | 81 |
| May | 63 |
| June | 71 |
| July | 90 |
| August | 82 |
| September | 39 |
| October | 25 |
| November | 7 |
| December | 8 |
The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen itself, not the busiest destination in Europe. The figures say when it is quiet here — not where it is quieter than elsewhere.
Weather comfort 0–100 from the climate normals, profile “mild” – the same profile as the recommendation above, not the selection in the calendar. A “–” means the data for that month is missing.
Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026
The windows worth catching
Three windows from the model, weighing crowd level against weather comfort.
January
Wk 2–4
A quieter choice in the other half of the year: crowd level around 9, weather comfort near –.
- Crowd level
- 8–9
- Comfort
- –
July–August
Wk 29–31
The region's peak: crowd level around 96 out of 100. Only if the dates are fixed.
- Crowd level
- 93–100
- Comfort
- –
Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen compared with Europe
How dense it gets here measured against Europe — on the one figure that lets two destinations be compared.
- Crowd density in Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen
- 0.05
- European median
- 11.80
overnight stays per km² and week
overnight stays per km² and week
Furthest from the median: August, at <0.1× the value. Closest to the median: February, at <0.1× the value.
Mean across 12 months, weighted by their weeks. This density compares destinations with each other. The crowd level in the table above compares Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen with itself. The two figures are never combined.
Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026
How sunny?
Average daily solar energy across the twelve months. The higher the value, the sunnier.
1.6 kWh/m²/Tag
Annual average
Jun
Sunniest month
| Month | Solar irradiance (kWh/m²/day) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0.0 |
| Feb | 0.1 |
| Mar | 1.0 |
| Apr | 2.5 |
| May | 3.9 |
| Jun | 4.5 |
| Jul | 3.6 |
| Aug | 2.5 |
| Sep | 1.1 |
| Oct | 0.3 |
| Nov | 0.0 |
| Dec | 0.0 |
Mean daily solar irradiance in kWh/m²/day (≈ peak-sun-hours equivalent). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast. Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
Directly reachable from
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Destination airports
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“Directly reachable” means a direct connection exists according to our sources. We do not show a live timetable. Availability and flight days can vary by season and airline.
Data sources: direct connections from Wikipedia (“Airlines and destinations”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, aggregated and modified by us), cross-checked with Eurostat, Destatis and the UK Civil Aviation Authority; airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain). The derived connection data is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Data as of: August 2026
Frequently asked questions about the best time to visit Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen
Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.
When is the best time to visit Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen?
- The best time to visit Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen is November–December (Wk 48–50): in this window the crowd level is most favourable at around 1 out of 100.
When is Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen quietest?
- November–December (Wk 48–50) is the quietest time in Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen. Crowd levels there sit at 0–3 out of 100, the lowest across the year.
When is Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen busiest?
- Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen is busiest in July (Wk 30) with around 4,691 overnight stays in the peak week.
How do you get to Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen?
- Spitzbergen und Jan Mayen is reachable via the destination airport Svalbard Airport (LYR) with direct flights.
All figures are approximations derived from open data (crowd level from Eurostat overnight stays, climate from Copernicus/ERA5-Land), not measurements.
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v1 approximation, calculated from Eurostat overnight stays. Day tourism and cruises (Venice, Dubrovnik …) are still missing, so we show these destinations as quieter than they are. The crowd score is a model-based forecast, not a measurement.