Climate averages 1991–2020
Kristiansand weather
in July.
A mild, wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Kristiansand: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 29 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stavanger (160 km away). In July its highs average 16.5°C, 3.3°C cooler than Kristiansand, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Kristiansand ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest July highs and 4th of 8 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 8 cities is 19.6°C; Kristiansand is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 124 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Stavanger in JulyNorway · 160 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Aalborg in JulyDenmark · 167 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in JulyNorway · 207 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Drammen in JulyNorway · 218 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Gothenburg in JulySweden · 239 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Oslo in JulyNorway · 252 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Århus in JulyDenmark · 258 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in JulyNorway · 266 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.0°C · 94 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.