Climate averages 1991–2020
Stavanger weather
in December.
A cold, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Stavanger: daytime highs average 4.7°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 209 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 21 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bergen (160 km away). In December its highs average 2.9°C, 1.7°C cooler than Stavanger, with 271 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Stavanger ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 1.4°C; Stavanger is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 3.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 209 mm to 195 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Stavanger climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 195 | 18.6 | 7.07 h |
| February | 3.4°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 157 | 16.3 | 9.29 h |
| March | 4.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 133 | 16.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 94 | 14.2 | 14.414 h |
| May | 11.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 93 | 13.4 | 16.917 h |
| June | 14.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 102 | 14.3 | 18.318 h |
| July | 16.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 122 | 15.2 | 17.718 h |
| August | 16.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 169 | 16.9 | 15.515 h |
| September | 14.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 201 | 17.1 | 12.913 h |
| October | 10.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 221 | 18.5 | 10.310 h |
| November | 6.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 210 | 18.5 | 7.88 h |
| December, selected | 4.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 209 | 19.1 | 6.36 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
December in nearby cities
- Bergen in DecemberNorway · 160 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -0.7°C · 271 mm rain
- Kristiansand in DecemberNorway · 160 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low 0.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Drammen in DecemberNorway · 268 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -4.9°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Fredrikstad in DecemberNorway · 298 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Oslo in DecemberNorway · 302 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Lillestrøm in DecemberNorway · 320 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -5.0°C · 66 mm precipitation
- Aalborg in DecemberDenmark · 326 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low 1.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Gothenburg in DecemberSweden · 390 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 73 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 Stavanger) is explained once on the Stavanger year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.