Climate averages 1991–2020
Kristiansand weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Kristiansand: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 14 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stavanger (160 km away). In January its highs average 3.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kristiansand, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Kristiansand ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 8 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 0.4°C; Kristiansand is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 3.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Stavanger in JanuaryNorway · 160 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 195 mm rain
- Aalborg in JanuaryDenmark · 167 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -0.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in JanuaryNorway · 207 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -2.8°C · 65 mm precipitation
- Drammen in JanuaryNorway · 218 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -6.7°C · 78 mm precipitation
- Gothenburg in JanuarySweden · 239 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Oslo in JanuaryNorway · 252 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -6.8°C · 72 mm precipitation
- Århus in JanuaryDenmark · 258 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -0.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in JanuaryNorway · 266 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -6.9°C · 65 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.