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Reykjavík Climate & Temperature

⛺ Reykjavík 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)

⛳ Reykjavík is situated in or near the boreal wet forest biome.

🌡️ The average annual temperature is 4.3 degrees Celsius (39.7 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 11.1 °C (20°F). This indicates that the continentality type is oceanic, subtype truly oceanic.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 798.2 mm (31.4 inches) which is equivalent to 798.2 Litres/m² (19.58 Gallons/ft²).

Reykjavík Climate Graph

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In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 2.3°C (36.2°F) on average falling to -2°C (28.4°F) overnight.

In spring time temperatures climb reaching 6.7°C (44°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 1.3°C (34.4°F).

During summer average high temperatures are 13.3°C (56°F) and average low temperatures are 8°C (46.4°F).

Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 7.3°C (45.2°F) during the day and lows of 3°C (37.4°F) generally shortly after sunrise.

✨ The longest day of the year is 20:27 long on the 22 of June and the shortest day is 3:32 long on the 21 of December.

🌞 On average there are 1258 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 Reykjavík you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Macquarie Island, Australia where you would find a Tundra climate.

🌍Reykjavík, Iceland is at 64°8'N, 21°53'W, 61 m (200 ft). Check the location on the map.

Reykjavík Climate Table

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
2 (36) 3 (37) 4 (39) 6 (43) 10 (50) 12 (54) 14 (57) 14 (57) 11 (52) 7 (45) 4 (39) 2 (36) 7 (45)
Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
-1 (31) 0 (33) 1 (33) 3 (37) 6 (43) 9 (48) 11 (51) 10 (51) 7 (45) 4 (40) 1 (34) 0 (32) 4 (40)
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
-2 (28) -2 (28) -1 (30) 1 (34) 4 (39) 7 (45) 9 (48) 8 (46) 6 (43) 3 (37) 0 (32) -2 (28) 3 (37)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
76 (3) 72 (3) 82 (3) 58 (2) 44 (2) 50 (2) 52 (2) 62 (2) 67 (3) 86 (3) 73 (3) 79 (3) 798 (31)
Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
20 (65) 17 (60) 18 (58) 18 (60) 16 (52) 15 (50) 15 (48) 16 (52) 19 (63) 21 (68) 18 (60) 20 (65) 213 (58)
Average Sunlight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
0h 46' 1h 58' 3h 34' 4h 32' 5h 52' 6h 04' 5h 48' 5h 21' 3h 32' 2h 19' 1h 08' 0h 17' 3h 26'
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
5h 41' 8h 41' 11h 57' 15h 21' 18h 38' 20h 51' 19h 47' 16h 38' 13h 16' 9h 53' 6h 36' 4h 28' 12h 00'
Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
15 (85) 25 (75) 32 (68) 31 (69) 33 (67) 30 (70) 30 (70) 34 (66) 28 (72) 25 (75) 19 (81) 8 (92) 29 (71)
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°).
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
6.1 15.4 26.2 37.8 46.1 49.3 46.3 37.9 26.5 15.1 6 2.7 26.2


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