Stavanger climate

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Stavanger is warmest in August, with average highs of 17 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 0.09 °C. October is the wettest month (221 mm) and May the driest (82 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Stavanger averages 1,780 mm of rain, 1 days above 25 °C and 48 days below freezing.

Norway · population 151,669 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 17 °C
Coldest month February 0.09 °C
Driest month May 82 mm
Wettest month October 221 mm
Least cloud May 59 % cloud
Hottest on record July 31 °C
Coldest on record December -12 °C
Warmest sea August 16 °C

What to expectStavanger through the year

Stavanger has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.5 °C in February to 17 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 1 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 48 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 221 mm against 82 mm in May — 2.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Stavanger is warmest in August at 16 °C and coldest in March at 4.9 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	3.8 °C	184 mm	76 %
February	3.5 °C	144 mm	74 %
March	5.0 °C	121 mm	71 %
April	8.4 °C	84 mm	64 %
May	11.6 °C	82 mm	59 %
June	14.3 °C	87 mm	66 %
July	16.6 °C	110 mm	68 %
August	17.0 °C	162 mm	68 %
September	14.5 °C	188 mm	71 %
October	10.5 °C	221 mm	72 %
November	6.9 °C	203 mm	75 %
December	4.7 °C	194 mm	75 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days below 0 °C
January	3.8 °C	0.9 °C	2.4 °C	10.2 °C	-11.9 °C	11
February	3.5 °C	0.1 °C	1.9 °C	11.4 °C	-12.1 °C	12
March	5.0 °C	1.1 °C	3.1 °C	13.3 °C	-10.9 °C	9
April	8.4 °C	3.5 °C	6.0 °C	20.7 °C	-4.5 °C	2
May	11.6 °C	6.5 °C	9.2 °C	27.9 °C	0.1 °C	0
June	14.3 °C	9.6 °C	12.1 °C	27.1 °C	3.9 °C	0
July	16.6 °C	12.1 °C	14.5 °C	30.7 °C	7.1 °C	0
August	17.0 °C	12.7 °C	14.9 °C	26.3 °C	6.9 °C	0
September	14.5 °C	10.7 °C	12.6 °C	23.0 °C	3.4 °C	0
October	10.5 °C	7.1 °C	8.9 °C	18.9 °C	-3.0 °C	0
November	6.9 °C	4.0 °C	5.5 °C	13.6 °C	-6.6 °C	4
December	4.7 °C	1.7 °C	3.3 °C	11.1 °C	-12.2 °C	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	184 mm	18	7.0 h/day	76 %	82 %	32 km/h	6.0 °C
February	144 mm	16	9.2 h/day	74 %	81 %	28 km/h	5.0 °C
March	121 mm	16	12 h/day	71 %	80 %	27 km/h	4.9 °C
April	84 mm	13	14 h/day	64 %	78 %	24 km/h	6.2 °C
May	82 mm	12	17 h/day	59 %	78 %	23 km/h	8.8 °C
June	87 mm	13	18 h/day	66 %	80 %	23 km/h	11.9 °C
July	110 mm	14	18 h/day	68 %	82 %	22 km/h	14.8 °C
August	162 mm	17	16 h/day	68 %	81 %	23 km/h	16.3 °C
September	188 mm	17	13 h/day	71 %	81 %	26 km/h	14.9 °C
October	221 mm	18	10 h/day	72 %	81 %	28 km/h	12.2 °C
November	203 mm	19	7.8 h/day	75 %	81 %	29 km/h	9.6 °C
December	194 mm	19	6.2 h/day	75 %	83 %	30 km/h	7.4 °C

How Stavanger compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Stavanger	17 °C	0.09 °C	1,780 mm	1
Bergen · Norway	17 °C	-1.8 °C	2,380 mm	2
Oslo · Norway	22 °C	-6.7 °C	949 mm	13
Århus · Denmark	21 °C	-0.4 °C	660 mm	6
Odense · Denmark	21 °C	-0.3 °C	642 mm	10

Where Stavanger ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in June	8th of 50	14 °C
The coolest places in Europe in August	9th of 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Europe in July	9th of 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Europe in May	15th of 50	12 °C
The coolest places in the world in May	23rd of 50	12 °C
The coolest places in the world in June	35th of 50	14 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Stavanger.

QuestionsCommon questions about Stavanger’s climate

When is the best time to visit Stavanger?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and May the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Stavanger get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 17 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.09 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 48 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Stavanger?

October, averaging 221 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is May with 82 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,780 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Stavanger rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 58.970°, 5.733° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.