Vard� is the easternmost town in Norway and the Nordic countries, located at 31�E, which is east of Saint Petersburg, Kiev and Istanbul. The eastern part of Finnmark is in the same time zone as the rest of the country, even if it is more than an hour at odds with daylight hours. The town itself is on the island of Vard�huus, but the municipality includes significant area on the mainland.
The port of Vard�, on the Barents Sea, remains ice-free all year round thanks to the effect of the warm North Atlantic drift. Vard� has a Continental Subarctic climate (K�ppen: Dfc) which comes close to being classified as a Subpolar Oceanic climate (K�ppen: Cfc). The January average is just cold enough for this at ?4.5 �C (24 �F). In July, the 24-hr average temperature is 10.5 �C (51 �F), which prevents the climate from being polar (K�ppen: ET)
