Climate averages 1991–2020
Kristiansand weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Kristiansand: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stavanger (160 km away). In April its highs average 8.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Kristiansand, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Kristiansand ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 9.1°C; Kristiansand is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kristiansand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 134 | 15.6 | 7.27 h |
| February | 3.0°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 98 | 12.1 | 9.39 h |
| March | 5.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 86 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 9.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 69 | 11.1 | 14.314 h |
| May | 14.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 77 | 10.8 | 16.717 h |
| June | 17.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 92 | 11.0 | 18.118 h |
| July | 19.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 95 | 11.0 | 17.517 h |
| August | 19.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 124 | 13.1 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 127 | 13.4 | 12.913 h |
| October | 10.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 141 | 15.2 | 10.310 h |
| November | 6.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 131 | 15.0 | 8.08 h |
| December | 3.9°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 123 | 14.3 | 6.67 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Stavanger in AprilNorway · 160 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Aalborg in AprilDenmark · 167 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in AprilNorway · 207 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Drammen in AprilNorway · 218 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Gothenburg in AprilSweden · 239 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Oslo in AprilNorway · 252 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Århus in AprilDenmark · 258 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in AprilNorway · 266 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 53 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kristiansand) is explained once on the Kristiansand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.