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Hoyvík/ Tórshavn Climate & Temperature

⛺ Hoyvík/ Tórshavn has a subpolar oceanic climate that is mild with no dry season and moderate seasonality. Summers are cool and short (Köppen-Geiger classification: Cfc).subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc)

🌡️ The annual average temperature is 6.5 degrees Celsius (43.7 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 7.2 °C (13°F). This indicates that the continentality type is hyperoceanic, subtype barely hyperoceanic.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 1437 mm (56.6 inches) which is equivalent to 1437 Litres/m² (35.25 Gallons/ft²).

Hoyvík/ Tórshavn Climate Graph

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In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 5.5°C (42°F) on average falling to 1.4°C (34.6°F) overnight.

In spring time temperatures climb reaching 7.4°C (45.3°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 3°C (37.3°F).

During summer average high temperatures are 12.2°C (54°F) and average low temperatures are 7.9°C (46.3°F).

Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 9.1°C (48.4°F) during the day and lows of 5.1°C (41.1°F) generally shortly after sunrise.

✨ The longest day of the year is 19:17 long on the 22 of June and the shortest day is 4:42 long on the 21 of December.

🌞 On average there are 902 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.

🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Hoyvík/ Tórshavn you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Macquarie Island, Australia where you would find a Tundra climate.

🌍Hoyvík/ Tórshavn, Faroe Islands is at 62°1'N, 6°45'W, 56 m (183 ft). Check the location on the map.

Hoyvík/ Tórshavn Climate Table

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
5 (42) 6 (42) 6 (43) 7 (45) 9 (48) 11 (52) 13 (55) 13 (55) 11 (52) 9 (49) 7 (44) 6 (42) 9 (47)
Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
3 (38) 4 (38) 4 (39) 5 (41) 7 (44) 9 (48) 10 (51) 11 (51) 9 (48) 8 (46) 5 (41) 4 (39) 6 (44)
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
1 (34) 2 (35) 2 (35) 3 (37) 5 (41) 7 (45) 8 (47) 9 (47) 7 (45) 5 (42) 3 (37) 2 (35) 4 (40)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
153 (6) 113 (4) 137 (5) 93 (4) 72 (3) 67 (3) 81 (3) 88 (3) 142 (6) 177 (7) 143 (6) 171 (7) 1437 (57)
Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
25 (81) 22 (78) 23 (74) 22 (73) 16 (52) 16 (53) 18 (58) 20 (65) 21 (70) 24 (77) 24 (80) 26 (84) 257 (70)
Average Sunlight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
0h 29' 1h 27' 2h 27' 3h 46' 4h 25' 4h 40' 3h 30' 3h 17' 2h 44' 1h 52' 0h 44' 0h 13' 2h 28'
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
6h 15' 8h 49' 11h 46' 14h 51' 17h 44' 19h 31' 18h 41' 16h 00' 12h 57' 9h 53' 7h 00' 5h 18' 12h 00'
Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
8 (92) 17 (83) 22 (78) 26 (74) 26 (74) 24 (76) 19 (81) 21 (79) 22 (78) 20 (80) 11 (89) 5 (95) 21 (79)
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°).
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
8.2 17.5 28.3 39.9 48.2 51.4 48.4 40 28.6 17.2 8.1 4.7 28.3


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