Climate averages 1991–2020
Stavanger weather
in October.
A cool, very 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 Stavanger: daytime highs average 10.4°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bergen (160 km away). In October its highs average 9.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Stavanger, with 259 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Stavanger ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 9.4°C; Stavanger is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 6.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 221 mm to 210 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bergen in OctoberNorway · 160 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 259 mm rain
- Kristiansand in OctoberNorway · 160 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 141 mm rain
- Drammen in OctoberNorway · 268 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Fredrikstad in OctoberNorway · 298 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Oslo in OctoberNorway · 302 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in OctoberNorway · 320 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Aalborg in OctoberDenmark · 326 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Gothenburg in OctoberSweden · 390 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 6.4°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.