Levanger weather in January

In January, Levanger sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 102 mm of precipitation across 16.1 wet days and about 5.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 0°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 4 hours at the start of January to 6 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Levanger's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Levanger's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
102 mm
16.1 wet days
Daylight
5 hours
9:53 AM – 2:55 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Levanger is settlement in Levanger Municipality, Norway.

Density
3,924/km²
people per km²
Founded
1997

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Levanger reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 5°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Levanger

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

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

Levanger weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°10216.113.75.10.0
Feb / -5°8514.612.780.0
Mar / -3°9115.312.211.20.0
Apr / 6912.96.414.51.2
May13° / 7716.11.817.82.9
Jun16° / 10716.4019.94.0
Jul19° / 11°9615.90195.1
Aug18° / 11°101150164.9
Sep14° / 10715.3012.73.3
Oct / 9415.73.59.41.0
Nov / -1°8413.27.86.10.0
Dec / -4°10115.611.740.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Levanger gets around 102 mm of rain and snow over 16.1 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 52% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days, and about 14 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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35042
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 4 hours at the start of January to 6 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 150 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 10:17 AM to 9:14 AM, and sunset from 2:19 PM to 3:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
14.010:172:19
24.110:162:20
34.110:152:22
44.210:142:24
54.210:132:27
64.310:122:29
74.410:102:31
84.410:092:34
94.510:072:36
104.610:052:39
114.610:032:41
124.710:012:44
134.89:592:47
144.99:572:49
154.99:552:52
165.09:532:55
175.19:512:58
185.29:483:01
195.39:463:04
205.49:443:07
215.59:413:10
225.69:393:13
235.79:363:16
245.89:343:20
255.99:313:23
266.09:283:26
276.19:253:29
286.29:233:32
296.39:203:36
306.49:173:39
316.59:143:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.06 kWh/m² to a high of 4.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.15 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Levanger?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Levanger.

What to pack for Levanger in January

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

In January, Levanger sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear. About 16 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Levanger in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Levanger peaks around July 12 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 12UV 4Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Levanger?

Levanger sits at 63.7°N, 11.3°E, 15 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Stjørdalshalsen, 36 km away.

ÖstersundKristiansundMoldeAlesundLillehammer

Topography around Levanger

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Levanger has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m around an average of 34 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 730 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,451 m.

The land around Levanger is covered by cropland (31%), water (29%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (36%) and water (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
169 m
16 km
730 m
80 km
1,451 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Stjørdalshalsen 36 km · Trondheim 57 km · Åre 96 km · Östersund 177 km · Kristiansund 191 km · Molde 236 km · Alesund 295 km · Lillehammer 296 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
Church of Norway 68%other Christian 4%Muslim 3%Roman Catholic 3%

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 Levanger (63.7464°, 11.2996°, elevation 15 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. 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).