Climate averages 1991–2020
Stavanger weather
in March.
A cold, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Stavanger: daytime highs average 4.8°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bergen (160 km away). In March its highs average 4.6°C, about as warm as Stavanger, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Stavanger ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 4.3°C; Stavanger is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 94 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bergen in MarchNorway · 160 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Kristiansand in MarchNorway · 160 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Drammen in MarchNorway · 268 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in MarchNorway · 298 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Oslo in MarchNorway · 302 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in MarchNorway · 320 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Aalborg in MarchDenmark · 326 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Gothenburg in MarchSweden · 390 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 49 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.