Climate of Reykjavik, Iceland

Cfc

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Cfc — Temperate, no dry season, cold summer.

Reykjavik has a mean annual temperature of 5.3 °C and receives 1082 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is July with a mean temperature of 11.8 °C, while February is the coldest month at 0.4 °C. Most precipitation falls in December (117 mm); the driest month is June (54 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Reykjavik: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue bars, right axis, mm), 1991–2020 0 0 10 20 20 40 30 60 40 80 50 100 60 120 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: blue bars show monthly precipitation (right axis, mm), the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January0.6104.8
February0.4105.2
March1.1102.5
April3.972.9
May7.164.1
June10.154.4
July11.861.1
August11.382.2
September8.8105.6
October5.1103.9
November2.2107.9
December0.8117.1
Year5.31081.6

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (64.13°, -21.89°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.