Kristiansand weather in April

In April, Kristiansand sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 69 mm of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of April to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Kristiansand's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kristiansand's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 69 mm; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 14 hours; 5:27 AM – 7:29 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 5th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.12 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.0; out of 10

Kristiansand is settlement in Kristiansand Municipality, Norway.

Air quality: Good; PM10 18.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 4,710/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1641

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical April day in Kristiansand reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 4°C warmer than March and about 5°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	7	1
2	7	1
3	8	1
4	8	1
5	8	2
6	8	2
7	8	2
8	8	2
9	8	2
10	9	2
11	9	2
12	9	2
13	9	2
14	9	3
15	9	3
16	10	3
17	10	3
18	10	3
19	10	3
20	10	3
21	10	4
22	11	4
23	11	4
24	11	4
25	11	4
26	11	4
27	11	4
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5

How April really feels in Kristiansand

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 20 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Kristiansand weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -1°	134	15.6	9.3	6.9	0.0
Feb	3° / -2°	96	12	8.5	8.9	0.0
Mar	5° / -0°	86	11.4	5.8	11.4	0.3
Apr	10° / 3°	69	11.1	1.8	14	2.0
May	14° / 7°	77	10.8	0.2	16.4	4.1
Jun	18° / 10°	92	11	0	17.8	5.5
Jul	20° / 13°	95	11	0	17.2	6.1
Aug	19° / 12°	124	13.1	0	15.1	5.7
Sep	15° / 10°	127	13.4	0	12.5	4.2
Oct	10° / 6°	141	15.2	0.4	9.9	2.2
Nov	6° / 2°	131	15	3	7.6	0.5
Dec	4° / -0°	123	14.3	5.6	6.2	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	45	45	45	46	46	47	48	48	48	46	46	46	46	46	44	44	44	43	43	44
Cloudier (%)	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	55	55	55	54	54	53	52	52	52	54	54	54	54	54	56	56	56	57	57	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	44	56

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Kristiansand gets around 69 mm of rain and snow over 11.1 wet days in April, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 35% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39
Snow chance (%)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	33	10
2	33	9
3	33	9
4	34	9
5	34	9
6	34	9
7	34	9
8	34	9
9	34	9
10	33	8
11	33	8
12	32	7
13	32	7
14	32	6
15	32	6
16	32	6
17	33	5
18	33	5
19	34	4
20	35	4
21	36	4
22	37	3
23	38	3
24	39	3
25	39	3
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	39	2
29	39	2
30	39	2

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 14 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of April to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 144 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 4:49 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 8:01 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.7	14.8	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:07	6:04	6:01	5:58	5:55	5:53	5:50	5:47	5:44	5:41	5:38	5:35	5:33	5:30	5:27	5:24	5:21	5:19	5:16	5:13	5:10	5:08	5:05	5:02	5:00	4:57	4:55	4:52	4:49
Sunset (PM)	6:55	6:58	7:00	7:02	7:04	7:07	7:09	7:11	7:14	7:16	7:18	7:20	7:23	7:25	7:27	7:29	7:32	7:34	7:36	7:39	7:41	7:43	7:45	7:48	7:50	7:52	7:55	7:57	7:59	8:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	6:10	6:55
2	12.8	6:07	6:58
3	12.9	6:04	7:00
4	13.0	6:01	7:02
5	13.1	5:58	7:04
6	13.2	5:55	7:07
7	13.3	5:53	7:09
8	13.4	5:50	7:11
9	13.4	5:47	7:14
10	13.5	5:44	7:16
11	13.6	5:41	7:18
12	13.7	5:38	7:20
13	13.8	5:35	7:23
14	13.9	5:33	7:25
15	14.0	5:30	7:27
16	14.0	5:27	7:29
17	14.1	5:24	7:32
18	14.2	5:21	7:34
19	14.3	5:19	7:36
20	14.4	5:16	7:39
21	14.5	5:13	7:41
22	14.5	5:10	7:43
23	14.6	5:08	7:45
24	14.7	5:05	7:48
25	14.8	5:02	7:50
26	14.9	5:00	7:52
27	15.0	4:57	7:55
28	15.0	4:55	7:57
29	15.1	4:52	7:59
30	15.2	4:49	8:01

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.27 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Kristiansand?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kristiansand.

What to pack for Kristiansand in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Kristiansand sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Kristiansand in April

The nearest coast averages about 6°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	5	4	4	6	10	14	17	18	15	12	9	7
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	5	Bracing
Feb	4	Bracing
Mar	4	Bracing
Apr	6	Bracing
May	10	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	15	Cool
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	9	Bracing
Dec	7	Bracing

UV index in Kristiansand in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kristiansand peaks around July 24 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	5	4	5	5	3	1	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Kristiansand?

Kristiansand sits at 58.1°N, 8.0°E, 12 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Grimstad, 41 km away.

Topography around Kristiansand

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kristiansand.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kristiansand has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 317 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 996 m.

The land around Kristiansand is covered by trees (37%), water (35%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and water (37%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and water (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

160 m

trees 37%

16 km

317 m

trees 54%

80 km

996 m

trees 50%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← March Kristiansand year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Grimstad 41 km · Arendal 57 km · Hjørring 140 km · Porsgrunn 146 km · Time 149 km · Skien 151 km · Sandnes 153 km · Larvik 155 km

Norway travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 91% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $94,594; 2025
Happiness: 7.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 2.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 613
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kristiansand (58.1467°, 7.9956°, elevation 12 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	7	1
2	7	1
3	8	1
4	8	1
5	8	2
6	8	2
7	8	2
8	8	2
9	8	2
10	9	2
11	9	2
12	9	2
13	9	2
14	9	3
15	9	3
16	10	3
17	10	3
18	10	3
19	10	3
20	10	3
21	10	4
22	11	4
23	11	4
24	11	4
25	11	4
26	11	4
27	11	4
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	33	10
2	33	9
3	33	9
4	34	9
5	34	9
6	34	9
7	34	9
8	34	9
9	34	9
10	33	8
11	33	8
12	32	7
13	32	7
14	32	6
15	32	6
16	32	6
17	33	5
18	33	5
19	34	4
20	35	4
21	36	4
22	37	3
23	38	3
24	39	3
25	39	3
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	39	2
29	39	2
30	39	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	7	1
2	7	1
3	8	1
4	8	1
5	8	2
6	8	2
7	8	2
8	8	2
9	8	2
10	9	2
11	9	2
12	9	2
13	9	2
14	9	3
15	9	3
16	10	3
17	10	3
18	10	3
19	10	3
20	10	3
21	10	4
22	11	4
23	11	4
24	11	4
25	11	4
26	11	4
27	11	4
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	33	10
2	33	9
3	33	9
4	34	9
5	34	9
6	34	9
7	34	9
8	34	9
9	34	9
10	33	8
11	33	8
12	32	7
13	32	7
14	32	6
15	32	6
16	32	6
17	33	5
18	33	5
19	34	4
20	35	4
21	36	4
22	37	3
23	38	3
24	39	3
25	39	3
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	39	2
29	39	2
30	39	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	7	1
2	7	1
3	8	1
4	8	1
5	8	2
6	8	2
7	8	2
8	8	2
9	8	2
10	9	2
11	9	2
12	9	2
13	9	2
14	9	3
15	9	3
16	10	3
17	10	3
18	10	3
19	10	3
20	10	3
21	10	4
22	11	4
23	11	4
24	11	4
25	11	4
26	11	4
27	11	4
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	43	57
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	47	53
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	33	10
2	33	9
3	33	9
4	34	9
5	34	9
6	34	9
7	34	9
8	34	9
9	34	9
10	33	8
11	33	8
12	32	7
13	32	7
14	32	6
15	32	6
16	32	6
17	33	5
18	33	5
19	34	4
20	35	4
21	36	4
22	37	3
23	38	3
24	39	3
25	39	3
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	39	2
29	39	2
30	39	2

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100