Weather in Stavanger in July

Shoulder season. July is shoulder season in Stavanger — cheaper, quieter, and a genuine gamble. You should expect rain on 18 days of the month, which is more days wet than dry.

July is the highest-scoring month of the twelve. The nearest rival is June, and the month at the other end of the year is January.

Rain on 18 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 17.6 °C days and 13.4 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 4.2 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest July day reached 27.6 °C and the coldest night fell to 9 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 44 mm — roughly 39% of the month's rain in one day.

July is statistically steady but not small: the year-to-year variation is modest in relative terms, yet the wettest July on record still delivered 240 mm against 59 mm in the driest. In a month this wet, even a tame spread is a lot of rain in absolute terms — the 114 mm average is a reasonable planning figure, not a promise.

Wind is light at 9.9 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 83%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How July sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 15.1 °C in June, 17.6 here, 17.8 in August. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in July

July is at or near the longest days of Stavanger's year: 17.8 hours of daylight, losing 1.6 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 17.2 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

July in Stavanger versus nearby

If Stavanger is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Kristiansand is a better bet in July — within a degree on temperature, 4 days less rain. Bergen is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 3 days more rain.

So: July is the answer for Stavanger. If it is booked out or priced out, June is the next best thing at 1 points behind, and January is the month to keep off the shortlist.

Every month in Stavanger

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