Climate averages 1991–2020
Kristiansand weather
in November.
A cold, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Kristiansand: daytime highs average 6.5°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes November a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 58 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stavanger (160 km away). In November its highs average 6.9°C, about as warm as Kristiansand, with 210 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Kristiansand ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest November highs and 6th of 8 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 8 cities is 4.7°C; Kristiansand is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 3.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 123 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Stavanger in NovemberNorway · 160 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 210 mm rain
- Aalborg in NovemberDenmark · 167 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in NovemberNorway · 207 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Drammen in NovemberNorway · 218 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Gothenburg in NovemberSweden · 239 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Oslo in NovemberNorway · 252 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low 0.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Århus in NovemberDenmark · 258 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in NovemberNorway · 266 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 84 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.