Kristiansand Climate & Temperature

• Kristiansand, Norway is at 58°10'N, 7°58'E, 16 m (52 ft). See map.
• Kristiansand has a marine west coast climate that is mild with no dry season, warm summers. Heavy precipitation occurs during mild winters which are dominated by mid-latitude cyclones. Seasonality is moderate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Cfb).
• According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Kristiansand is situated in or near the cool temperate wet forest biome.

• The annual average temperature is 7.1 degrees Celsius (44.8 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
• Average monthly temperatures vary by 18.5 °C (33.3°F). This indicates that the continentality type is oceanic, subtype semicontinental.
• In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 2.3°C (36.2°F) on average falling to -4°C (24.8°F) overnight.
• In spring time temperatures climb reaching 10°C (50°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 2°C (35.6°F).
• During summer average high temperatures are 20°C (68°F) and average low temperatures are 10.7°C (51.2°F).
• Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 11°C (51.8°F) during the day and lows of 4.7°C (40.4°F) generally shortly after sunrise.
• Total annual Precipitation averages 1401 mm (55.2 inches) which is equivalent to 1401 Litres/m² (34.36 Gallons/ft²).
• On average there are 1795 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
• Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Kristiansand you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Nugget Point, New Zealand (Cool temperate desert scrub biome).