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Iceland · 64.15°N 21.94°W · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

No month in Reykjavík fits the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers) — it is too cold. The table below shows which holiday types do fit.

Rain is spread through the year, 56–104 mm2.2–4.1 in a month, with February the wettest month and June the driest. July is the hottest month at 11 °C52 °F and January the coldest at 0 °C32 °F; the mean stays below freezing in January.

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

Reykjavík weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

No month fits a Warm holiday here.

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▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
31°JAN963.832°FEB1044.132°MAR963.837°APR642.543°MAY642.547°JUN562.211°51°JUL562.210°50°AUG803.146°SEP803.140°OCT963.835°NOV963.832°DEC963.8
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Reykjavík's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't 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 whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January963.8031showerstoo cold
February1044.1032rainytoo cold
March963.8032showerstoo cold
April642.5337showerstoo cold
May642.5643showerstoo cold
June562.2947drytoo cold
July562.21151drytoo cold
August803.11050showerstoo cold
September803.1846showerstoo cold
October963.8540showerstoo cold
November963.8235showerstoo cold
December963.8032showerstoo cold

When to go to Reykjavík, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersno month
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonFebruary to December
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainJanuary

Is there a rainy season in Reykjavík?

Yes. Rain is spread through the year, 56–104 mm2.2–4.1 in a month, with February the wettest month and June the driest.

July is the hottest month at 11 °C52 °F and January the coldest at 0 °C32 °F; the mean stays below freezing in January. Annual rainfall totals about 984 mm39 in.

Where to go instead when Reykjavík doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Reykjavík doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.