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Røst

3.9 km² of land in the Norwegian Sea.

When to go

Røst

N 0.5 km

Airports

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

3.9km²

Area

35km

Coastline

Highest point

471

People

13°C

Warmest sea

August

90km

To the mainland

When to go to Røst

Good all year round.

The sea is warmest in August (13 °C) and coolest in March (5 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.

6°4°2°

Jan21

6°4°2°

Feb19

5°4°2°

Mar19

5°5°4°

Apr15

7°7°6°

May12

9°10°8°

Jun11

12°13°11°

Jul11

13°13°12°

Aug14

11°12°10°

Sep17

10°9°8°

Oct19

8°7°5°

Nov20

7°5°4°

Dec21

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Røst Municipality, Norway

Røst is an island in Norway. It covers 3.9 km², with 35 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 3 m. About 471 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 90 km away.

Getting there

Leknes Airport (LKN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 94 km in a straight lineCar hire at LKN airport (Leknes)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
90 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Røst.

2campsitesRøst Havfiske Camping
1restaurants, cafés and bars

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 2 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Røst4 km²

Capri10 km²

2 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Towns on the island

Røstno census figure

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	4	4	4	5	7	10	13	13	12	9	7	5
Night low (°C)	2	2	2	4	6	8	11	12	10	8	5	4
Sea (°C)	6	6	5	5	7	9	12	13	11	10	8	7
Rain (mm)	97	84	85	60	45	49	62	65	96	92	103	108
Wet days	21	19	19	15	12	11	11	14	17	19	20	21
Sun h/day	0.0	0.5	3.2	6.0	8.1	8.3	7.0	5.4	3.8	1.5	0.0	0.1
Wind (km/h)	33	32	30	25	22	21	20	20	25	29	31	33

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	−0.2	−0.4	+1.0	+0.4	+0.8	+0.4	+0.8	+0.4	+1.0
2021	+0.9	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	±0.0	+1.0	+0.1	−0.2	−0.1	+0.3	+1.1	+0.7
2022	+0.3	−0.1	+0.4	+0.1	−0.4	−0.2	+0.3	−0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+0.9	+0.7
2023	+0.5	+0.7	−0.1	±0.0	−0.3	−0.9	+1.0	+1.6	+0.9	+0.4	+0.3	−0.2
2024	−0.4	±0.0	+0.3	±0.0	+0.4	+1.6	+2.1	+2.7	+1.8	+1.1	+0.8	+0.5
2025	+0.6	+0.5	+0.3	+0.5	+0.1	+0.7	+1.9	+1.7	+2.0	+1.7	+1.6	+1.4

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

View from Ettertanken Røst 2025 02 — Malikbr · CC BY-SA 4.0

Røst lub 2025-07-24 img01 — Lukas Beck · CC BY 4.0

Mosken og Skjæret Røst Lofoten — Einar Stamnes · CC BY 2.0

Røst Lofoten fiskebåt mot Stavøya og Gildeskål — Einar Stamnes · CC BY 2.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q5578230) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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