Climate averages 1991–2020
Stavanger weather
in July.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Stavanger: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 42 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bergen (160 km away). In July its highs average 17.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Stavanger, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Stavanger ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest July highs and 7th of 8 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 8 cities is 19.6°C; Stavanger is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 122 mm to 169 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Bergen in JulyNorway · 160 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 149 mm rain
- Kristiansand in JulyNorway · 160 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Drammen in JulyNorway · 268 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in JulyNorway · 298 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Oslo in JulyNorway · 302 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in JulyNorway · 320 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Aalborg in JulyDenmark · 326 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Gothenburg in JulySweden · 390 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 94 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.