Climate averages 1991–2020

Kristiansand weather
in June.

A mild, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.6°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 11.0°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 92 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 18 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kristiansand · average highYear overview

June is a mild month in Kristiansand: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes June a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 18 h 05 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Stavanger (160 km away). In June its highs average 14.2°C, 3.4°C cooler than Kristiansand, with 102 mm of rain.

Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Kristiansand ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest June highs and 4th of 8 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 8 cities is 17.3°C; Kristiansand is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 95 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kristiansand, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.0°C-0.3°C-0.3°C13415.67.27 h
February 3.0°C-0.9°C-0.9°C9812.19.39 h
March 5.2°C0.4°C0.4°C8611.411.812 h
April 9.5°C3.4°C3.4°C6911.114.314 h
May 14.1°C7.4°C7.4°C7710.816.717 h
June, selected 17.6°C11.0°C11.0°C9211.018.118 h
July 19.8°C13.3°C13.3°C9511.017.517 h
August 19.1°C13.3°C13.3°C12413.115.415 h
September 15.4°C10.7°C10.7°C12713.412.913 h
October 10.6°C6.9°C6.9°C14115.210.310 h
November 6.5°C3.5°C3.5°C13115.08.08 h
December 3.9°C0.7°C0.7°C12314.36.67 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Kristiansand

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 limits

How 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.