Vestmannaeyjar month by month
Plan your visit to Vestmannaeyjar by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
Vestmannaeyjar's measured year moves through a narrow band. Average highs run from 5°C in January, March, and December to 12°C in July and August. That 7-degree swing matters less than precipitation. January and February each record 20 rain days. April drops to 14, the lowest outside summer. July hits 12°C with 13 rain days, the mildest and driest month in the full record. September still holds 11°C but climbs to 17 rain days. By October, 8°C and 18 rain days mark the slide back toward winter.
The 12 month guides below follow what changes between those periods. Open July or August first if you are planning a summer visit. Both reach 12°C, but July's 13 rain days give it a measurable edge over August's 15. June at 10°C and September at 11°C sit closer to summer temperatures, though September's 17 rain days pull it toward autumn. The winter months from December through March hold between 5°C and 6°C with 17 to 20 rain days. April, at 7°C and 14 rain days, marks the first sustained drop in precipitation from March's 18.
July is the decisive month in Vestmannaeyjar, reaching 12°C with 13 rain days, the warmest and driest combination in the measured year.
- January
- High
- 5°C
- Low
- 1°C
- Rain
- 154 mm
January in Vestmannaeyjar is dark, wind-battered, and raw. That is the single most important thing to know. The sun barely clears the horizon, offering roughly 5 hours of usable…
- February
- High
- 6°C
- Low
- 3°C
- Rain
- 185 mm
February is the wettest month of the year in Vestmannaeyjar, with roughly 185mm of rain spread across 20 days. That single fact should frame everything else you read here. The…
- March
- High
- 5°C
- Low
- 3°C
- Rain
- 139 mm
March in Vestmannaeyjar is defined by wind. Not a pleasant sea breeze, but raw, horizontal gusts that regularly exceed 80 km/h (50 mph) at the Stórhöfði headland, one of the…
- April
- High
- 7°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 110 mm
April in Vestmannaeyjar hinges on one event in the natural calendar. The Atlantic puffins begin returning to their breeding cliffs at Stórhöfði around mid-month, and for birders,…
- May
- High
- 8°C
- Low
- 7°C
- Rain
- 109 mm
The defining fact about May in Vestmannaeyjar is puffins. Roughly 8 to 10 million Atlantic puffins return to Heimaey and the surrounding islands through this month, and the…
- June
- High
- 10°C
- Low
- 8°C
- Rain
- 97 mm
June on the Westman Islands belongs to the puffins. An estimated 8 to 10 million Atlantic puffins nest across the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago each summer, and June sits squarely in…
- July
- High
- 12°C
- Low
- 11°C
- Rain
- 90 mm
July in Vestmannaeyjar means puffins. Around 8 to 10 million Atlantic puffins breed on these volcanic islands each summer, and July is when the colonies at Stórhöfði headland are…
- August
- High
- 12°C
- Low
- 11°C
- Rain
- 120 mm
August in Vestmannaeyjar is defined by one event. Þjóðhátíð, the islands' National Festival, fills Herjólfsdalur valley on the first weekend of the month and draws roughly 16,000…
- September
- High
- 11°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 163 mm
September in Vestmannaeyjar comes down to one question. Can you handle the rain? The tourist season that peaks with Þjóðhátíð festival in early August has wound down. The puffin…
- October
- High
- 8°C
- Low
- 6°C
- Rain
- 146 mm
October in Vestmannaeyjar means one thing above all else. The puffins are gone. The massive Atlantic puffin colony that nests across the Westman Islands from April through August…
- November
- High
- 7°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 163 mm
The single most important thing to know about visiting Vestmannaeyjar in November is that the Herjólfur ferry from Landeyjahöfn might not run for days at a stretch. North Atlantic…
- December
- High
- 5°C
- Low
- 2°C
- Rain
- 154 mm
December in Vestmannaeyjar means darkness. That's the first thing you need to know. The sun crawls above the horizon around 11:15 and drops again by 15:30, leaving roughly 4 hours…