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What is the weather like in Stavanger?

Temperature and precipitation month by month at the Sola weather station.

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Short answer

Stavanger has one of Norway's mildest climates, with winter normals above freezing and normals of around 15 °C in July and August at the Sola weather station. Averaged over the year, the 1991–2020 normals give 8.4 °C and 1,257 mm of precipitation. Autumn is the wettest season and May the driest month.

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Why

  1. A 2025 MET Norway report places the areas with the highest annual mean temperature, above 8 °C, along the coast of south-west Norway.
  2. At Stavanger (Sola) the coldest month is February with a normal of 2.1 °C, and the warmest is August with 15.7 °C.
  3. Precipitation normals range from 62 mm in May to 148 mm in October.

Details

Stavanger is much drier than Bergen, where the monthly normals add up to about 2,500 mm a year, roughly twice as much. Even January has a normal of 2.6 °C at Sola. Wind is part of the picture: in April 2026 the station measured gusts of 29.2 m/s.

Tip

Bring a windproof and waterproof jacket all year, especially for coastal walks and trips out on the fjord.

What may differ

The figures are for Sola, 7 metres above sea level. Single months can differ a lot from the normal: January 2026 averaged −0.8 °C there, against a normal of 2.6 °C.

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Sources

Information checked on 15 October 2026.

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