Stavanger weather by month & the best time to visit
🇳🇴 Norway · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Stavanger is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 55/100), with August close behind. Stavanger averages about 1,536 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 114 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,536
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 55/100
- Rain / year
- 1,785 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈54 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 16°C / 61°F
- Population
- 173k
- Elevation
- 7 m
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When is the best time to visit Stavanger?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Stavanger is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 205 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Stavanger?
Stavanger isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,536 hours of sunshine a year. 55 Sunshine Score points separate July (55) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #10 of 36 destinations in Norway for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,417 hours. The year's 1,785 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 205 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 144 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 124 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 94 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| May | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 89 mm | 4 | 10° / 50°F |
| June | 41 | 15° / 59°F | 11° / 52°F | 91 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| July | 55 | 18° / 64°F | 14° / 57°F | 114 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| August | 50 | 18° / 64°F | 14° / 57°F | 150 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| September | 35 | 15° / 59°F | 12° / 54°F | 170 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| October | 15 | 11° / 52°F | 8° / 46°F | 188 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 199 mm | 0 | 10° / 50°F |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 217 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
Sea temperature in Stavanger by month
The sea off Stavanger is warmest in August at around 16°C / 61°F, and coolest in January at 6°C / 43°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Haugesund Norway · 58 km · best in Aug · 1,459 h sun/yr
- Bergen Norway · 159 km · best in Jul · 1,312 h sun/yr
- Kristiansand(Kjevik) Norway · 161 km · best in Jul · 1,709 h sun/yr
- Sandefjord(Torp) Norway · 267 km · best in Jul · 1,649 h sun/yr
- Aalborg Denmark · 318 km · best in Jul · 1,764 h sun/yr
- Oslo (Gardermoen) Norway · 341 km · best in Jul · 1,634 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Leirvik Norway · 103 km · 1,465 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sogndal Norway · 267 km · 1,356 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Stavanger compares month by month: Stavanger vs Bergen · Stavanger vs Kristiansand(Kjevik) · Stavanger vs Haugesund · all comparisons
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