Møre og Romsdal

Climate

Møre og Romsdal weather is dominated by the North Atlantic. On the islands and close the ocean it's never really hot in summer and rarely cold in winter. Fog tends to emerge on warm summer days. At the end of fjords and in the long valleys, summers are warmer and gentler. In Valldal and Geiranger there is typically snow cover from December to April, frequently 50-100 centimeters heavy snow, occasionaly more than 100 centimeters in the valley.

Note that temperature is related to altitude. In the mountains, the temperature can be close to zero C even in summer.

Understand

Møre og Romsdal county includes deep fjords, alpine mountains, gentle vallies, countless green islands, wide forests, the wild Atlantic coast, impressive mountain roads, numerous lakes, barren mountain plateaus, charming mountain farms, and the highest waterfalls in Norway. This region is rich in natural resources such as fisheries, natural gas and hydro electric power. The highest mountains and waterfalls are in the district around Geiranger, Valldal, Tafjord, Åndalsnes, Eikesdalen valley and Sunndal valley. Along the coast and to the North in the Nordmøre area closer to Trondheim, the mountains are lower, less steep and the forrests wide and deep. Due to the deep fjords and numerous islands all parts of this region has easy access to the Atlantic and transport depends on ferries.