Norway in October

Re light: In late Sept daylight is 12 hours all over the world, so October isn't that bad.
But it is probably rather cold and wet - not like ANYTHING you have met in Australia.

For the hostels - check it out at their individual homepages - it is not CLOSE to off--season - it is deep into off-season outside towns. In Oslo, Stockholm, Bergen etc. most hostels are open year-round.

You make it sound as Scandinavia costs many times more that other developed palces. Norway is expensive - mayby +50% compared to average WEurope - rest of Scandinavia less expensive. Check the hostelprices at the hostels (own) homepages.

Cheers Bjoern.

I have no problem with braving cold and wet, but is such weather likely to have an effect on visibility in terms of weather (ie heavy rain, mist, fog etc)?

Is that something that is likely to be an issue in terms of enjoyment, and value for money, in the fjords?

Is that something that is likely to be an issue in terms of enjoyment, and value for money, in the fjords?

My personal view is that the fjords are one of the most beautiful places on the planet when the sun is shining. And really rather disappointing when it isn't. You won't see much when it is raining,and low cloud can persist blocking the view even when it isn't raining very much.

You can experience reduced visibility due to rain or fog anytime (or sleet in the winter). The west facing coasts in Europe from Portugal over France, Ireland/Scotland to Norway get large amounts of precipitation nicely distributed over the year.

In Bergen (which is worse than "inside" the fjords) : October 270 mm spread over 24 days in average.

It is always a risk - weatherwise - to travel in these areas.

Indeed I know how miserable the fjords can be precisely because I have experienced prolonged miserable weather there in July.

But, taking your hint and using Geiranger rather than Bergen as climate location, we still see that in October the rainfall is double and the sunshine only a third of what you get in summer. And even though the quantity of rain is only half the extraordinary quantity that falls on Bergen, it is still a lot of rain. And, er, the ave max daytime temp in Oct is only 3 C. It is evident that the weather is truly foul a lot of the time in October in the fjords.

http://www.weather2travel.com/climate-guides/norway/geiranger.php

Hmmm ... plenty to consider ...

Thanks all for the input!