Kristiansand climate

Kristiansand Weather in January

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 4°C on January 1 to 3°C on January 31, and lows from 2°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 124 mm over about 19 wet days.

January 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.-10-50510151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
4°C
Average low
1°C
Precipitation
124 mm
Reanalysis high
10°CJan 12, 2007
Reanalysis low
-9°CJan 4, 2003
Daylight
6 h 34 min to 8 h 14 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
88%
Dew point
1°C
Wind
24.1 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
Jan 14°C2°C9°C 2007-4°C 199757%
Jan 24°C2°C9°C 2015-7°C 201058%
Jan 34°C2°C8°C 2007-8°C 201057%
Jan 44°C2°C9°C 2007-9°C 200358%
Jan 54°C2°C8°C 2007-7°C 200358%
Jan 64°C2°C8°C 2005-8°C 200358%
Jan 74°C2°C9°C 2005-8°C 201060%
Jan 84°C2°C9°C 2020-7°C 201060%
Jan 94°C2°C9°C 2007-6°C 201060%
Jan 104°C2°C9°C 2005-3°C 199761%
Jan 114°C2°C8°C 1992-2°C 201362%
Jan 124°C2°C10°C 2007-2°C 201362%
Jan 134°C2°C9°C 2007-3°C 201362%
Jan 144°C2°C8°C 2007-6°C 199962%
Jan 154°C2°C8°C 2007-5°C 199962%
Jan 164°C2°C8°C 2007-5°C 201661%
Jan 174°C2°C7°C 2020-5°C 199460%
Jan 184°C2°C7°C 1992-3°C 201360%
Jan 194°C1°C8°C 2008-6°C 201359%
Jan 204°C1°C7°C 2017-6°C 201358%
Jan 213°C1°C8°C 2020-5°C 201656%
Jan 223°C1°C7°C 1993-4°C 201355%
Jan 233°C1°C7°C 2020-5°C 201354%
Jan 243°C1°C7°C 2020-5°C 201353%
Jan 253°C1°C7°C 2008-4°C 200753%
Jan 263°C1°C7°C 2016-5°C 201152%
Jan 273°C1°C7°C 2016-4°C 201151%
Jan 283°C1°C7°C 2008-6°C 199951%
Jan 293°C1°C8°C 2016-5°C 199951%
Jan 303°C1°C6°C 2005-7°C 201051%
Jan 313°C1°C8°C 2007-6°C 201051%

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).

January 1
sunrise 9:15 AM, sunset 3:49 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:35 AM, sunset 4:49 PM

Every day of January: 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.