Kristiansand climate

Kristiansand Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kristiansand, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 6°C on December 1 to 4°C on December 31, and lows from 4°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 127 mm over about 19 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Kristiansand, in °C, with the record for each date.-10-5051015151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
5°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
127 mm
Reanalysis high
11°CDec 5, 2006
Reanalysis low
-9°CDec 31, 2002
Daylight
6 h 56 min to 6 h 32 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
88%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
23.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 16°C4°C10°C 2006-4°C 201061%
Dec 26°C4°C10°C 2006-4°C 201060%
Dec 36°C4°C10°C 2006-5°C 201060%
Dec 46°C4°C10°C 2006-7°C 201259%
Dec 56°C4°C11°C 2006-8°C 201257%
Dec 66°C4°C10°C 2015-5°C 201256%
Dec 76°C3°C9°C 2017-4°C 201056%
Dec 86°C3°C10°C 2015-4°C 201255%
Dec 96°C3°C9°C 2015-3°C 201056%
Dec 106°C3°C10°C 1994-3°C 201056%
Dec 115°C3°C10°C 2006-5°C 201256%
Dec 125°C3°C9°C 2000-5°C 201255%
Dec 135°C3°C10°C 2006-3°C 201055%
Dec 145°C3°C10°C 2006-4°C 201055%
Dec 155°C3°C9°C 2005-6°C 199655%
Dec 165°C3°C9°C 2013-4°C 201055%
Dec 175°C3°C9°C 2015-5°C 200255%
Dec 185°C3°C9°C 2015-4°C 200955%
Dec 195°C2°C10°C 2015-5°C 201056%
Dec 205°C2°C10°C 2015-5°C 201056%
Dec 215°C2°C9°C 2015-6°C 201057%
Dec 225°C2°C10°C 2015-4°C 200158%
Dec 234°C2°C10°C 2017-7°C 201057%
Dec 244°C2°C9°C 2013-7°C 201057%
Dec 254°C2°C10°C 2011-8°C 201057%
Dec 264°C2°C9°C 2011-8°C 201056%
Dec 274°C2°C9°C 2011-5°C 201056%
Dec 284°C2°C8°C 2007-5°C 200156%
Dec 294°C2°C8°C 2007-4°C 200157%
Dec 304°C2°C9°C 2006-6°C 200256%
Dec 314°C2°C9°C 2016-9°C 200257%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kristiansand, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

December 1
sunrise 8:49 AM, sunset 3:45 PM
December 31
sunrise 9:15 AM, sunset 3:47 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.