Climate averages 1991–2020
Kristiansand weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Kristiansand: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stavanger (160 km away). In August its highs average 16.9°C, 2.2°C cooler than Kristiansand, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Kristiansand ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 18.8°C; Kristiansand is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 127 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Stavanger in AugustNorway · 160 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Aalborg in AugustDenmark · 167 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in AugustNorway · 207 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 14.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Drammen in AugustNorway · 218 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Gothenburg in AugustSweden · 239 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Oslo in AugustNorway · 252 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Århus in AugustDenmark · 258 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in AugustNorway · 266 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 104 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.