Sandnes weather in January

In January, Sandnes sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 188 mm of precipitation across 18.3 wet days and about 6.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-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 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 hours at the start of January to 7 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sandnes's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sandnes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
188 mm
18.3 wet days
Daylight
6 h 36 min
9:27 AM – 4:06 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
24 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Sandnes is city in Sandnes Municipality in Rogaland, Norway.

Density
3,860/km²
people per km²
Founded
1861

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 Sandnes reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 0°C and 7°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)
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How January really feels in Sandnes

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.

Sandnes weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 18818.37.16.70.0
Feb / 14515.97.18.80.0
Mar / 12215.85.411.40.1
Apr / 8413.81.5141.3
May11° / 8112.40.116.52.7
Jun14° / 10°8713.20183.7
Jul16° / 13°10914.4017.44.5
Aug17° / 13°16316.4015.24.6
Sep14° / 11°18817.1012.63.5
Oct11° / 22218.50.39.92.1
Nov / 20818.61.67.40.8
Dec / 20018.94.460.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32476
42476
52575
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92377
102377
112377
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312476

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Sandnes gets around 188 mm of rain and snow over 18.3 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 59% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
16019
26019
36019
46019
56020
66120
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305726
315826

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 24 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
123breezy
223breezy
323breezy
423breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 hours 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 96 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:40 AM to 9:01 AM, and sunset from 3:41 PM to 4:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.09:403:41
26.09:393:42
36.19:393:43
46.19:383:45
56.19:383:46
66.29:373:48
76.29:373:49
86.39:363:51
96.39:353:52
106.39:343:54
116.49:333:56
126.49:323:58
136.59:314:00
146.59:304:02
156.69:284:04
166.69:274:06
176.79:264:08
186.89:244:10
196.89:234:12
206.99:214:14
216.99:204:16
227.09:184:18
237.19:164:21
247.19:154:23
257.29:134:25
267.39:114:28
277.39:094:30
287.49:074:32
297.59:054:35
307.69:034:37
317.69:014:39

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.35 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Sandnes?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sandnes.

What to pack for Sandnes in January

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

In January, Sandnes sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 18 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Sandnes in January

The nearest coast averages about 6°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 21 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in March near 5°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb5Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May9Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug16Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Sandnes 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 Sandnes peaks around June 16 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 16UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sandnes?

Sandnes sits at 58.9°N, 5.7°E, 8 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Sola, 6.0 km away.

YtrebygdaNesttunBergen

Topography around Sandnes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sandnes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 481 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,320 m.

The land around Sandnes is covered by grassland (35%), trees (29%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, grassland (38%), water (27%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and water (44%), grassland (29%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
193 m
16 km
481 m
80 km
1,320 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermoss and lichen
January weather nearby: Sola 6.0 km · Stavanger 13 km · Time 13 km · Haugesund 68 km · Kristiansand 153 km · Ytrebygda 164 km · Nesttun 164 km · Bergen 173 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 Sandnes (58.8524°, 5.7352°, elevation 8 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).