Climate averages 1991–2020
Kristiansand weather
in October.
A cool, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kristiansand: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stavanger (160 km away). In October its highs average 10.4°C, about as warm as Kristiansand, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Kristiansand ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 9.4°C; Kristiansand is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 6.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 131 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Stavanger in OctoberNorway · 160 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 221 mm rain
- Aalborg in OctoberDenmark · 167 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in OctoberNorway · 207 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Drammen in OctoberNorway · 218 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Gothenburg in OctoberSweden · 239 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Oslo in OctoberNorway · 252 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Århus in OctoberDenmark · 258 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in OctoberNorway · 266 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.8°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.