Capital of Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Longyearbyen
- Local time
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Country
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Population
- 2,368
- Elevation
- 1 m
- From DXB
- 6,220 km
- 8 hrs 5 mins · Estimate
Climate
The weather in Longyearbyen, month by month
- Jan-10°
- Feb-10°
- Mar-12°
- Apr-7°
- May-2°
- Jun2°
- Jul5°
- Aug5°
- Sept1°
- Oct-4°
- Nov-7°
- Dec-8°
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
No month is both mild to warm and not wet, on these averages.
Mean highs run from -12°C in March to 5°C in July, with about 684 mm of rain in a year.
Month-by-month climate for LongyearbyenModelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020.
Airports
No airport with scheduled flights is listed for Longyearbyen itself; these are the nearest.
How far it is from the UAE
From DXBLongyearbyen
6,220 km
8 hrs 5 mins · Estimate
From AUHLongyearbyen
6,300 km
8 hrs 10 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Facts
Practical facts
- Local time
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Country
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Currency
- Norwegian Krone NOKToday's indicative rate: NOK 1 ≈ USD 0.106Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Not recorded in Wikidata
- Emergency numbers
- Not recorded in Wikidata
- Calling code · Driving
- +47 · On the right
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