Sandefjord weather in January

In January, Sandefjord sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 88 mm of precipitation across 12.2 wet days and about 6.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 1°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 54 min at the start of January to 7 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sandefjord's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sandefjord's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
88 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
6 h 36 min
9:11 AM – 3:46 PM
Cloud cover
69%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Sandefjord is city within Sandefjord Municipality, Norway.

Density
2,673/km²
people per km²
Founded
1680

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 1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sandefjord reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
11-3
21-3
31-3
41-3
51-3
61-3
71-3
81-2
91-2
101-2
111-2
121-2
131-2
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171-2
181-3
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How January really feels in Sandefjord

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.

Sandefjord weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°8812.29.16.60.0
Feb / -3°619.27.48.80.0
Mar / -1°608.75.511.30.2
Apr / 568.61.914.12.0
May14° / 7010.10.516.64.2
Jun18° / 11°8811.60185.5
Jul20° / 14°9111.5017.46.1
Aug19° / 14°9913.1015.25.8
Sep15° / 10°10911.3012.64.5
Oct10° / 11813.10.99.82.1
Nov / 115144.27.40.3
Dec / -1°8712.76.760.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23367
33367
43466
53466
63466
73268
83268
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Sandefjord gets around 88 mm of rain and snow over 12.2 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 39% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14128
24129
34129
44229
54229
64129
74128
84128
94128
104128
114128
124128
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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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Dry (%)
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 54 min at the start of January to 7 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:24 AM to 8:45 AM, and sunset from 3:20 PM to 4:20 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.99:243:20
26.09:243:22
36.09:243:23
46.09:233:24
56.19:223:26
66.19:223:27
76.19:213:29
86.29:203:30
96.29:193:32
106.39:183:34
116.39:173:36
126.49:163:38
136.49:153:40
146.59:143:42
156.59:133:44
166.69:113:46
176.69:103:48
186.79:083:50
196.79:073:52
206.89:053:54
216.99:043:56
226.99:023:59
237.09:004:01
247.18:594:03
257.18:574:05
267.28:554:08
277.38:534:10
287.48:514:13
297.48:494:15
307.58:474:17
317.68:454:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.38 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.3Dim
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Sandefjord?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sandefjord.

What to pack for Sandefjord in January

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

In January, Sandefjord sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Sandefjord in January

The nearest coast averages about 4°C in January — 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 3°C.

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

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Sandefjord 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 Sandefjord peaks around July 17 at about 5 (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 17UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sandefjord?

Sandefjord sits at 59.1°N, 10.2°E, 11 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Larvik, 14 km away.

Topography around Sandefjord

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sandefjord has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 41 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 305 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,091 m.

The land around Sandefjord is covered by trees (39%), cropland (21%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and water (31%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
111 m
16 km
305 m
80 km
1,091 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Larvik 14 km · Tønsberg 19 km · Porsgrunn 32 km · Horten 35 km · Skien 36 km · Fredrikstad 42 km · Moss 42 km · Sarpsborg 54 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 Sandefjord (59.1312°, 10.2166°, elevation 11 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).