Reykjavik month by month
Plan your visit to Reykjavik by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 1°C
- Low
- -3°C
- Rain
- 166 mm
January in Reykjavik means darkness. On New Year's Day, the sun appears after 11:00 and sinks before 16:00, leaving fewer than 5 hours of pale, low-angled daylight. By the 31st…
- February
- High
- 3°C
- Low
- -2°C
- Rain
- 162 mm
February in Reykjavik means growing light after the dark of January, but winter still has a firm grip on the city. Daylight stretches from about 7 hours at the start of the month…
- March
- High
- 4°C
- Low
- -1°C
- Rain
- 146 mm
March in Reykjavik gains roughly 7 minutes of daylight every day, stretching from about 9.5 hours at the start of the month to over 13 hours by the 31st. No other month gains light…
- April
- High
- 7°C
- Low
- 1°C
- Rain
- 118 mm
April in Reykjavik is about daylight above all else. The city jumps from roughly 13 hours of sun on April 1 to nearly 17 by April 30, and that acceleration rewrites the mood of…
- May
- High
- 9°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 132 mm
May in Reykjavik is defined by light. By the final week of the month, the sun barely sets, producing close to 21 hours of daylight and a twilight glow that never fully fades.…
- June
- High
- 11°C
- Low
- 7°C
- Rain
- 106 mm
The single most important fact about June in Reykjavik is that the sun barely sets. Around the summer solstice on June 21, the city gets roughly 21 hours of direct sunlight, and…
- July
- High
- 13°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 87 mm
July in Reykjavík (also written Reykjavik) is defined by one thing above all. The sun does not fully set. In early July, the city gets roughly 21 hours of direct sunlight, with the…
- August
- High
- 13°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 124 mm
August in Reykjavik delivers the year's joint-warmest temperatures alongside July, with average highs of 13.3°C (56°F) and lows near 8.8°C (48°F). For comparison, that sits close…
- September
- High
- 10°C
- Low
- 6°C
- Rain
- 146 mm
September in Reykjavik marks the return of the northern lights. After months of near-constant summer daylight, the sky darkens enough for the aurora borealis to appear, typically…
- October
- High
- 6°C
- Low
- 2°C
- Rain
- 147 mm
October in Reykjavik is defined by one dramatic shift. Daylight drops from roughly 11 hours at the start of the month to barely 7 by Halloween, and that accelerating darkness opens…
- November
- High
- 4°C
- Low
- 0°C
- Rain
- 121 mm
November in Reykjavik means darkness. By the end of the month, the sun clears the horizon after 10:30 and drops below it before 15:30, leaving roughly 5 hours of weak, low-angled…
- December
- High
- 2°C
- Low
- -3°C
- Rain
- 129 mm
Reykjavik in December gets roughly 4 to 5 hours of functional daylight. The sun tends to rise around 11:20 and sink below the horizon before 15:30, leaving most of your waking…