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Iceland · 64.15°N 21.94°W · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)

No month in Reykjavík fits the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers): it is too cold. The table below shows which holiday types do fit.

Rain is spread across the year, 56–104 mm2.2–4.1 in a month. February is the wettest month and June the driest. July is the hottest month (highs of 13 °C55 °F) and January the coldest (2 °C36 °F); nights are below freezing from November to March.

The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 64.15, -21.94. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.

Reykjavík weather by month

Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers

No month fits a Warm holiday here.

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▲ Highs average daily high , coldest to warmest month
2°36°JAN963.83°37°FEB1044.13°37°MAR963.85°41°APR642.59°48°MAY642.512°53°JUN562.213°55°JUL562.213°55°AUG803.110°50°SEP803.17°44°OCT963.84°38°NOV963.83°37°DEC963.8
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Reykjavík's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain High Low SeasonWarm verdict
January963.8236-327showerstoo cold
February1044.1337-228rainytoo cold
March963.8337-228showerstoo cold
April642.5541032showerstoo cold
May642.5948438showerstoo cold
June562.21253643drytoo cold
July562.21355846drytoo cold
August803.11355846showerstoo cold
September803.11050541showerstoo cold
October963.8744236showerstoo cold
November963.8438-130showerstoo cold
December963.8337-228showerstoo cold

When to go to Reykjavík, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmhighs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showersno month
Tropicalhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoonno month
Beachhighs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolhighs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoonFebruary to December
Snowhighs below 3 °C37 °F, any rainJanuary

Is there a rainy season in Reykjavík?

Not a clear one. Rain is spread across the year, 56–104 mm2.2–4.1 in a month. February is the wettest month and June the driest.

July is the hottest month (highs of 13 °C55 °F) and January the coldest (2 °C36 °F); nights are below freezing from November to March. Annual rainfall is about 984 mm39 in.

Where to go instead when Reykjavík does not fit

The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Reykjavík does not:

Nearby destinations

distances in . Tap a unit to switch.

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