Climate averages 1991–2020
Fredrikstad weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Fredrikstad: daytime highs average 1.0°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 65 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 59 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drammen (71 km away). In January its highs average -1.7°C, 2.7°C cooler than Fredrikstad, with 78 mm of precipitation.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Fredrikstad ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 8 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 0.4°C; Fredrikstad is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 1.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 65 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Fredrikstad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 65 | 10.7 | 7.07 h |
| February | 1.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 51 | 8.6 | 9.29 h |
| March | 4.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 45 | 8.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 47 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 14.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 61 | 10.3 | 16.917 h |
| June | 18.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 78 | 11.2 | 18.418 h |
| July | 20.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 77 | 11.5 | 17.818 h |
| August | 19.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 86 | 12.4 | 15.516 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 81 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| October | 10.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 87 | 11.6 | 10.310 h |
| November | 5.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 81 | 11.9 | 7.88 h |
| December | 2.2°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 70 | 11.4 | 6.36 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Drammen in JanuaryNorway · 71 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -6.7°C · 78 mm precipitation
- Oslo in JanuaryNorway · 78 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -6.8°C · 72 mm precipitation
- Lillestrøm in JanuaryNorway · 82 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -6.9°C · 65 mm precipitation
- Gothenburg in JanuarySweden · 179 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Borås in JanuarySweden · 203 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 70 mm precipitation
- Kristiansand in JanuaryNorway · 207 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -0.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Örebro in JanuarySweden · 243 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -4.5°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Jönköping in JanuarySweden · 246 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -2.8°C · 47 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Fredrikstad) is explained once on the Fredrikstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.