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Sarpsborg station and town centre from north (2)
Sarpsborg, the nearest town. Photo: Thomas M. Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sarpsborg

Kitesurf spot · Norway

Is it worth the trip?

5Poor out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Best on Mon 9, usually: typical for the time of year: good on 1% of days

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 4 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 4 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 4 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 4 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 4 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 4 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Mon 9 · 7 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in three facts

  • Faces NEopen to the NE
  • Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SWblows out to sea

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual kitesurf conditions at Sarpsborg, each day of your trip
DayWindAir
Tue 3to 8usuallySW 6 kn8°C
Mon 9usuallySW 8 kn6°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Sarpsborg

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. The town to stay in is Sarpsborg.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,390–US$2,580 each

about US$1,390–US$2,580 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to OSL, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$456–US$945
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$214–US$355
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$342–US$569
Food7 days eating outabout US$382–US$710
Totalabout US$1,390–US$2,580

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Sarpsborg

Closest

Sarpsborg

about 5 min by car · 9 places to stay

about US$127/nightcountry average

See 9 places to stay in Sarpsborg · Booking.com

About Sarpsborg its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$127 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 45m

About 18h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → OSL, changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), then 2h 05m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.