Climate averages 1991–2020
Kristiansand weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kristiansand: daytime highs average 3.9°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stavanger (160 km away). In December its highs average 4.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kristiansand, with 209 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Kristiansand ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 1.4°C; Kristiansand is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 3.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 134 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Stavanger in DecemberNorway · 160 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low 1.8°C · 209 mm rain
- Aalborg in DecemberDenmark · 167 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low 1.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in DecemberNorway · 207 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Drammen in DecemberNorway · 218 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -4.9°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Gothenburg in DecemberSweden · 239 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Oslo in DecemberNorway · 252 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Århus in DecemberDenmark · 258 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in DecemberNorway · 266 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -5.0°C · 66 mm precipitation
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.