Lillehammer weather in September

In September, Lillehammer sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 85 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of September to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Lillehammer's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lillehammer's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 9th coldest
Precipitation: 85 mm; 11.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:56 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 6th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; 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.

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical September day in Lillehammer reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 5°C cooler than August and about 6°C warmer than October.

	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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3

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

How September really feels in Lillehammer

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

September sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Lillehammer weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-4° / -10°	62	11.2	12	6.1	0.0
Feb	-3° / -9°	40	8.2	9.8	8.5	0.0
Mar	2° / -6°	47	8.7	9	11.3	0.0
Apr	7° / -2°	51	9.2	6.3	14.3	0.9
May	13° / 3°	81	12.3	2.3	17	3.3
Jun	17° / 7°	93	13	0	18.7	4.8
Jul	19° / 10°	105	14.7	0	18	5.3
Aug	18° / 9°	111	14.6	0	15.5	5.0
Sep	13° / 5°	85	11.8	0.5	12.6	3.3
Oct	6° / 1°	91	12.3	4.3	9.7	0.7
Nov	1° / -4°	81	12.1	9.9	6.9	0.0
Dec	-4° / -9°	60	11.2	11	5.3	0.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	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 (%)	31	31	31	32	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Cloudier (%)	69	69	69	68	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitationSnow

Lillehammer gets around 85 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings 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 (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	42
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	0
2	39	0
3	39	0
4	39	0
5	39	0
6	39	0
7	39	1
8	39	1
9	39	1
10	39	1
11	39	1
12	39	1
13	39	1
14	39	1
15	40	1
16	40	1
17	40	1
18	40	2
19	40	2
20	40	2
21	40	2
22	40	2
23	40	2
24	40	3
25	41	3
26	41	3
27	42	3
28	42	3
29	42	4
30	42	4

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 99% 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 (%)	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

Wind in September

Winds average 8 km/h in September.

Across September, 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.

	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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of September to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 168 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:17 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 5:43 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)	14.0	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.5	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.1	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.8	12.7	12.6	12.5	12.4	12.3	12.2	12.1	12.0	11.9	11.8	11.7	11.6	11.5	11.4	11.3	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:17	5:20	5:22	5:25	5:28	5:30	5:33	5:35	5:38	5:40	5:43	5:45	5:48	5:51	5:53	5:56	5:58	6:01	6:03	6:06	6:08	6:11	6:14	6:16	6:19	6:21	6:24	6:26	6:29	6:32
Sunset (PM)	7:18	7:15	7:12	7:09	7:05	7:02	6:59	6:56	6:52	6:49	6:46	6:42	6:39	6:36	6:33	6:29	6:26	6:23	6:19	6:16	6:13	6:10	6:06	6:03	6:00	5:56	5:53	5:50	5:47	5:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.0	5:17	7:18
2	13.9	5:20	7:15
3	13.8	5:22	7:12
4	13.7	5:25	7:09
5	13.6	5:28	7:05
6	13.5	5:30	7:02
7	13.4	5:33	6:59
8	13.3	5:35	6:56
9	13.2	5:38	6:52
10	13.1	5:40	6:49
11	13.0	5:43	6:46
12	13.0	5:45	6:42
13	12.9	5:48	6:39
14	12.8	5:51	6:36
15	12.7	5:53	6:33
16	12.6	5:56	6:29
17	12.5	5:58	6:26
18	12.4	6:01	6:23
19	12.3	6:03	6:19
20	12.2	6:06	6:16
21	12.1	6:08	6:13
22	12.0	6:11	6:10
23	11.9	6:14	6:06
24	11.8	6:16	6:03
25	11.7	6:19	6:00
26	11.6	6:21	5:56
27	11.5	6:24	5:53
28	11.4	6:26	5:50
29	11.3	6:29	5:47
30	11.2	6:32	5:43

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 2.32 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 — September's 2.32 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)	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.7	Moderate
7	2.7	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.2	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.0	Moderate
22	2.0	Moderate
23	1.9	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.8	Dim
27	1.8	Dim
28	1.7	Dim
29	1.7	Dim
30	1.7	Dim

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Lillehammer?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lillehammer.

What to pack for Lillehammer in September

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

In September, Lillehammer sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Lillehammer in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 2. 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.

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

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.

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

trees 51%

16 km

967 m

trees 67%

80 km

1,543 m

trees 65%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermoss and lichen

← August Lillehammer year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September 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

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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	0
2	39	0
3	39	0
4	39	0
5	39	0
6	39	0
7	39	1
8	39	1
9	39	1
10	39	1
11	39	1
12	39	1
13	39	1
14	39	1
15	40	1
16	40	1
17	40	1
18	40	2
19	40	2
20	40	2
21	40	2
22	40	2
23	40	2
24	40	3
25	41	3
26	41	3
27	42	3
28	42	3
29	42	4
30	42	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	0
2	39	0
3	39	0
4	39	0
5	39	0
6	39	0
7	39	1
8	39	1
9	39	1
10	39	1
11	39	1
12	39	1
13	39	1
14	39	1
15	40	1
16	40	1
17	40	1
18	40	2
19	40	2
20	40	2
21	40	2
22	40	2
23	40	2
24	40	3
25	41	3
26	41	3
27	42	3
28	42	3
29	42	4
30	42	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	0
2	39	0
3	39	0
4	39	0
5	39	0
6	39	0
7	39	1
8	39	1
9	39	1
10	39	1
11	39	1
12	39	1
13	39	1
14	39	1
15	40	1
16	40	1
17	40	1
18	40	2
19	40	2
20	40	2
21	40	2
22	40	2
23	40	2
24	40	3
25	41	3
26	41	3
27	42	3
28	42	3
29	42	4
30	42	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0