Climate averages 1991–2020
Kristiansand weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: one of the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Kristiansand: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 18 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stavanger (160 km away). In February its highs average 3.4°C, about as warm as Kristiansand, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Kristiansand ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 8 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 8 cities is 1.1°C; Kristiansand is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 86 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Stavanger in FebruaryNorway · 160 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low 0.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Aalborg in FebruaryDenmark · 167 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in FebruaryNorway · 207 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -3.0°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Drammen in FebruaryNorway · 218 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -5.9°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Gothenburg in FebruarySweden · 239 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Oslo in FebruaryNorway · 252 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -6.4°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Århus in FebruaryDenmark · 258 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in FebruaryNorway · 266 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -6.5°C · 49 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.