Lillehammer weather in January

In January, Lillehammer sees average daytime highs of -4°C and overnight lows near -10°C, with 62 mm of precipitation across 11.2 wet days and about 6.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -4°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 18 min at the start of January to 7 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Lillehammer's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lillehammer's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-4°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-10°
1st coldest
Precipitation
62 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
6 hours
9:27 AM – 3:28 PM
Cloud cover
71%
7th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Lillehammer is settlement in Lillehammer Municipality, Norway.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 6.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
2,561/km²
people per km²
Founded
1827

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 -4°C through the month.

A typical January day in Lillehammer reaches about -4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -10°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -11°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Lillehammer

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
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Lillehammer weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -10°6211.2126.10.0
Feb-3° / -9°408.29.88.50.0
Mar / -6°478.7911.30.0
Apr / -2°519.26.314.30.9
May13° / 8112.32.3173.3
Jun17° / 9313018.74.8
Jul19° / 10°10514.70185.3
Aug18° / 11114.6015.55.0
Sep13° / 8511.80.512.63.3
Oct / 9112.34.39.70.7
Nov / -4°8112.19.96.90.0
Dec-4° / -9°6011.2115.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Lillehammer gets around 62 mm of rain and snow over 11.2 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 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 8 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 18 min at the start of January to 7 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:44 AM to 8:57 AM, and sunset from 2:59 PM to 4:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.39:442:59
25.39:433:00
35.39:433:02
45.49:423:03
55.49:413:05
65.49:403:07
75.59:393:09
85.59:383:10
95.69:373:12
105.69:363:14
115.79:353:16
125.89:333:19
135.89:323:21
145.99:303:23
155.99:293:25
166.09:273:28
176.19:263:30
186.19:243:32
196.29:223:35
206.39:203:37
216.49:183:40
226.49:163:42
236.59:143:45
246.69:123:47
256.79:103:50
266.79:083:53
276.89:063:55
286.99:043:58
297.09:014:01
307.18:594:03
317.28:574:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.31 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.31 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 Lillehammer?

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 Lillehammer.

What to pack for Lillehammer in January

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

In January, Lillehammer sees daytime highs around -4°C and nights near -10°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Lillehammer 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 Lillehammer peaks around June 18 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 18UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lillehammer?

Lillehammer sits at 61.1°N, 10.5°E, 210 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Gjøvik, 38 km away.

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Topography around Lillehammer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lillehammer has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 464 m around an average of 283 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 967 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,543 m.

The land around Lillehammer is covered by trees (51%) within 3 km, trees (67%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
464 m
16 km
967 m
80 km
1,543 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Gjøvik 38 km · Hamar 48 km · Lillestrøm 133 km · Oslo 135 km · Asker 143 km · Drammen 153 km · Kongsberg 167 km · Flam 183 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 Lillehammer (61.1151°, 10.4663°, elevation 210 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).