Climate averages 1991–2020
Stavanger weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Stavanger: daytime highs average 3.4°C and nights cool to about 0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bergen (160 km away). In February its highs average 2.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Stavanger, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Stavanger ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest February highs and 7th of 8 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 8 cities is 1.1°C; Stavanger is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 4.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 157 mm to 133 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Bergen in FebruaryNorway · 160 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -1.7°C · 211 mm rain
- Kristiansand in FebruaryNorway · 160 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -0.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Drammen in FebruaryNorway · 268 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -5.9°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Fredrikstad in FebruaryNorway · 298 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -3.0°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Oslo in FebruaryNorway · 302 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -6.4°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Lillestrøm in FebruaryNorway · 320 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -6.5°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Aalborg in FebruaryDenmark · 326 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Gothenburg in FebruarySweden · 390 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 55 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.