Weather in Kristiansand

14-day forecast · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 6:45 am (CET)

Now · clear 49 °F

Feels like: 45 °F
Low / high: 48 / 55 °F
Rain: 9%
Wind: 7 mph W

↗ 30.19 inHg · rising

Today in Kristiansand: overcast, 48 °F to 55 °F, with a 9% chance of rain and a light breeze from the west (7 mph). Tomorrow, fog, 45 °F to 57 °F and a 2% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Friday 30, at 57 °F. No significant rain expected over the next 7 days.

Measured now at the airport

Kristiansand (ENCN), 4.7 mi away · 25 min ago

Visibility6.2 mi or more

WeatherFog nearby

Temperature43 °F

Wind2 mph variable direction

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Temperatures for the next 14 days

55° 48°
Today
57° 45°
Fri 30
51° 42°
Sat 31
53° 46°
Sun 1
51° 38°
Mon 2
54° 34°
Tue 3
54° 37°
Wed 4
52° 36°
Thu 5
49° 34°
Fri 6
47° 32°
Sat 7
49° 36°
Sun 8
46° 33°
Mon 9
44° 39°
Tue 10
43° 39°
Wed 11

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	Model
Today · 29	Overcast	48 / 55 °F	9%	11 mph W	3.5 ft	ICON-EU
Fri 30	Fog	45 / 57 °F	2%	7 mph WNW	1.8 ft	ICON-EU
Sat 31	Fog	42 / 51 °F	0%	4 mph NNW	1.2 ft	ICON-EU
Sun 1	Fog	46 / 53 °F	2%	8 mph WNW	1.4 ft	ICON-EU
Mon 2	Fog	38 / 51 °F	0%	8 mph N	1.3 ft	ICON-EU
Tue 3	Fog	34 / 54 °F	0%	7 mph NNW	0.6 ft	ICON-EU + ECMWF
Wed 4	Overcast	37 / 54 °F	2%	8 mph NNW	0.7 ft	ECMWF
Thu 5	Overcast	36 / 52 °F	2%	7 mph NNW	0.7 ft	ECMWF
Fri 6	Partly cloudy	34 / 49 °F	2%	6 mph NNW	0.5 ft	ECMWF
Sat 7	Partly cloudy	32 / 47 °F	9%	9 mph WNW	2.4 ft	ECMWF
Sun 8	Overcast	36 / 49 °F	15%	9 mph NW	2.3 ft	ECMWF
Mon 9	Overcast	33 / 46 °F	26%	7 mph NNE	1.8 ft	ECMWF
Tue 10	Light drizzle	39 / 44 °F	22% · 0.23 in	14 mph NE	5.2 ft	ECMWF
Wed 11	Light drizzle	39 / 43 °F	31% · 0.03 in	13 mph NE	5.7 ft	ECMWF

Each hour comes from the best model for this spot: ICON-EU until Tuesday 3 2:00 am; then ECMWF until Thursday 12 4:00 pm; then GFS.

Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore.

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Sky	Mainly clear	Partly cloudy	Clear	Clear sky	Mainly clear	Partly cloudy	Clear	Overcast
Temperature	49°	48°	48°	51°	55°	55°	52°	50°
Chance of rain	9%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Rain	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in
Wind (mph)	6 W	6 W	6 W	7 W	11 WSW	10 W	6 W	6 W
Humidity	91%	91%	90%	86%	78%	78%	89%	90%
UV	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Model	ICON-EU	ICON-EU	ICON-EU	ICON-EU	ICON-EU	ICON-EU	ICON-EU	ICON-EU

Do the models agree?

High confidence

The models agree for the next few days: the forecast is fairly solid.

What 6 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

HighRainWind

Do the models agree? · High
High (°F)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	57°	60°	55°	56°	52°	54°	54°
AIFS	55°	55°	53°	56°	51°	54°	55°
GFS	55°	55°	54°	56°	50°	49°	50°
ICON	56°	57°	52°	53°	51°	51°	52°
ARPEGE	55°	56°	52°	54°	—	—	—
ICON-EU	55°	57°	51°	53°	51°	—	—
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	0	0	0	0.01 in	0	0	0
AIFS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GFS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ICON	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ARPEGE	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
ICON-EU	0	0	0	0	0	—	—
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	1022	918	612	829	728	727	815
AIFS	11	8	8	9	9	6	8
GFS	1027	823	722	1532	713	43	44
ICON	1121	612	58	815	816	59	611
ARPEGE	716	614	817	818	—	—	—
ICON-EU	1118	711	47	814	815	—	—
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	9%	2%	0%	2%	0%	0%	2%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	0%	0%	0%	0%	3%	0%	0%

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Outlook

How the coming weeks and months compare with what is normal for the time of year. It is a trend, not a day-by-day forecast.

The next few weeks look normal for the time of year.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Normal −0.7 °F	Below −91%	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Normal −0.5 °F	Normal	—
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	Normal −0.2 °F	A bit above +21%	38° / 33°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	Normal −0.5 °F	Normal	37° / 32°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	A bit below −0.9 °F	Normal	35° / 30°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain
November	Normal +0.4 °F	Normal
December	Above +2.7 °F	A bit above +25%
January	Normal +0.5 °F	Normal
February	Normal −0.4 °F	Normal
March	A bit above +0.9 °F	Normal

Weeks: ECMWF 46-day (average of its scenarios), against the normal of the last 20 years for those dates. Months: ECMWF SEAS5. Rain: total against normal. The further ahead, the closer it gets to normal and the less detail it can give. The long-range sea temperature isn't usable at this spot (the model's grid cell falls on land).

Kristiansand climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Kristiansand is in July: highs of 69 °F, about 10 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

38° 29°

JanJ
38° 28°

FebF
42° 31°

MarM
49° 37°

AprA
58° 44°

MayM
65° 51°

JunJ
69° 55°

JulJ
68° 55°

AugA
61° 50°

SepS
52° 43°

OctO
45° 37°

NovN
39° 31°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves
JanuaryJan	38°	29°	6.34 in	15	1.9	41°	5.3 ft
FebruaryFeb	38°	28°	4.66 in	12	2.6	39°	4.9 ft
MarchMar	42°	31°	3.85 in	11	5.0	39°	4.0 ft
AprilApr	49°	37°	2.76 in	9	6.3	43°	3.0 ft
MayMay	58°	44°	3.02 in	9	8.1	50°	2.7 ft
JuneJun	65°	51°	4.02 in	9	8.0	57°	2.7 ft
JulyJul	69°	55°	3.92 in	10	7.1	62°	2.7 ft
AugustAug	68°	55°	5.42 in	12	6.4	64°	2.9 ft
SeptemberSep	61°	50°	6.21 in	13	4.5	60°	3.7 ft
OctoberOct	52°	43°	7.56 in	16	3.2	54°	4.5 ft
NovemberNov	45°	37°	7.71 in	16	1.6	49°	4.8 ft
DecemberDec	39°	31°	6.54 in	15	1.4	44°	5.6 ft

Month	Water	Waves
Jan	41°	5.3 ft
Feb	39°	4.9 ft
Mar	39°	4.0 ft
Apr	43°	3.0 ft
May	50°	2.7 ft
Jun	57°	2.7 ft
Jul	62°	2.7 ft
Aug	64°	2.9 ft
Sep	60°	3.7 ft
Oct	54°	4.5 ft
Nov	49°	4.8 ft
Dec	44°	5.6 ft

Days: rainy days in the month. Sun: hours a day.

A normal year brings 62.01 in of rain on about 147 days and about 1,700 hours of sunshine.

1991–2020 averages. Highs, lows and rainfall: TerraClimate; rainy days (0.04 in or more): NASA POWER (MERRA-2); sunshine hours: estimated from solar radiation; water: NOAA OISST; waves (average height): ERA5, 2011–2020. Normals are not a forecast: any given year can turn out very different. Sources and licenses

Temperature

Now49 °Ffeels like 45 °F

Tomorrow45 / 57 °F

It's 49 °F now (feels like 45 °F). Today, 48 °F to 55 °F; tomorrow, 45 °F to 57 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 9%
Fri 30 2%
Sat 31 0%
Sun 1 2%
Mon 2 0%
Tue 3 0%
Wed 4 2%

Today the chance of rain reaches 9%. No significant rain expected this week.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.15 in; last 3 days, 1.51 in; last 7 days, 4.88 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity89%

Dew point46 °F

Humidity is 89% now and the dew point is 46 °F.

The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated: the higher it is, the heavier the air feels.

Visibility and fog

Now14 migood

Clouds1%

Visibility is good now (14 mi). No fog expected today.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak1low

Fri 30: 1 · Sat 31: 1 · Sun 1: 1

Index	Level	What to do
0–2	low	No special protection needed.
3–5	moderate	Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.
6–7	high	Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.
8–10	very high	Avoid the midday sun; reflection off the water adds to it.
11+	extreme	Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Reflection off water and sand adds radiation: protect yourself more on a boat or at the beach.

Barometric pressure

↗ Rising · now Anglers say fish bite less for a while
→ Steady Anglers expect normal activity
↘ Falling Anglers say fish feed more before the change

30.0030.2030.40 30.46

Rising now (+0.05 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: +0.25 inHg. Rising pressure: anglers say fish bite less for a while. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityFair · 25

PollenNoneToday, at most none.

Pollen: Copernicus CAMS model (a rough guide, not a pollen trap). Levels use each type's usual thresholds.

Previous days

The weather over the last 30 days, as the models analyzed it. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 28	Heavy drizzle	46 / 54 °F	0.14 in	12 mph SW
Tue 27	Rain	49 / 57 °F	1.32 in	15 mph SSW
Mon 26	Drizzle	47 / 54 °F	0.10 in	16 mph WSW
Sun 25	Rain	46 / 50 °F	1.43 in	21 mph S
Sat 24	Rain	47 / 51 °F	1.18 in	12 mph E
Fri 23	Light drizzle	40 / 51 °F	0.09 in	8 mph NNE
Thu 22	Rain	48 / 52 °F	1.15 in	10 mph SSE

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 21	Light rain	44 / 52 °F	0.80 in	15 mph ENE
Tue 20	Drizzle	42 / 50 °F	0.09 in	15 mph NE
Mon 19	Overcast	34 / 53 °F	0	6 mph NNE
Sun 18	Partly cloudy	35 / 54 °F	0	7 mph N
Sat 17	Mainly clear	38 / 55 °F	0	10 mph N
Fri 16	Light rain	44 / 54 °F	0.32 in	9 mph WNW
Thu 15	Drizzle	52 / 58 °F	0.22 in	14 mph SW
Wed 14	Overcast	48 / 57 °F	0	11 mph W
Tue 13	Rain	46 / 55 °F	1.31 in	14 mph SE
Mon 12	Light drizzle	35 / 48 °F	0.01 in	6 mph ENE
Sun 11	Overcast	37 / 52 °F	0	9 mph NNE
Sat 10	Light rain	41 / 52 °F	0.24 in	13 mph NNE
Fri 9	Drizzle	38 / 50 °F	0.19 in	11 mph ENE
Thu 8	Light rain	42 / 58 °F	0.34 in	13 mph NNW
Wed 7	Rain	41 / 53 °F	0.99 in	10 mph N
Tue 6	Mainly clear	45 / 60 °F	0	13 mph W
Mon 5	Light drizzle	52 / 61 °F	0.11 in	13 mph WSW
Sun 4	Light drizzle	46 / 58 °F	0.04 in	13 mph WSW
Sat 3	Drizzle	49 / 59 °F	0.17 in	12 mph SW
Fri 2	Overcast	52 / 64 °F	0	9 mph W
Thu 1	Light rain	56 / 62 °F	0.39 in	15 mph E
Wed 30	Overcast	55 / 65 °F	0	15 mph ENE
Tue 29	Overcast	46 / 61 °F	0	12 mph NE

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the weather in KristiansandQuestions

What's the weather like today in Kristiansand?

Overcast, from 48 °F to 55 °F, with a light breeze from the west (7 mph) and a 9% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Kristiansand?

On Friday 30 the chance of rain is 2% (0.00 in): fog.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 34 °F and a high of 57 °F; the warmest day, Friday 30.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 1 (low). No special protection needed.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.19 inHg and rising: +0.24 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Kristiansand?

The best time to visit Kristiansand is in July: highs of 69 °F, about 10 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Kristiansand in October?

In October, Kristiansand normally sees highs of 52 °F and lows of 43 °F, with about 16 rainy days (7.56 in for the month) and 3 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 54 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Kristiansand?

The warmest is July, with average highs of 69 °F, and the coldest February, with lows of 28 °F. The wettest is November (7.71 in) and the driest, April.

More about Kristiansand today

Weather near Kristiansand

Only places with a different forecast: spots a few miles apart share the same model cell and wouldn't add anything.

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Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS); ECMWF grid point 7.1 mi away. The comparison also uses ICON (DWD), AIFS (ECMWF) and ARPEGE (Météo-France). Outlook: ECMWF 46-day and SEAS5. Chance of rain from ensemble models (ECMWF, GEFS and NBM). UV, air quality and pollen: CAMS (Copernicus).

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 6:45 am (local time).

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