Climate averages 1991–2020
Kristiansand weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Kristiansand: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stavanger (160 km away). In March its highs average 4.8°C, about as warm as Kristiansand, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Kristiansand ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 4.3°C; Kristiansand is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Stavanger in MarchNorway · 160 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Aalborg in MarchDenmark · 167 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in MarchNorway · 207 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Drammen in MarchNorway · 218 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Gothenburg in MarchSweden · 239 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Oslo in MarchNorway · 252 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Århus in MarchDenmark · 258 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in MarchNorway · 266 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 49 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.