Best year time to visit Akureyri

General weather information about Akureyri

Average annual temperature is 3.1 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 23.8 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -18.7 °C

Number of sunny days: 113 days

Number of rainy days: 172 days

Number of snow days: 80 days

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* Weather data for Akureyri Iceland is based on climate observations for 2026 year

Akureyri air temperature forecast for each month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C)8.510.76.912.115.923.622.123.817.58.88.07.2
Average daytime temperature (°C)0.43.5-3.04.58.516.312.715.610.13.61.2-3.4
Average temperature (°C)-2.30.6-5.12.25.913.110.312.07.71.1-1.8-6.5
Average night temperature (°C)-4.8-2.0-7.3-0.22.89.57.68.15.1-1.7-4.9-10.5
Absolute minimum temperature (°C)-13.8-7.2-16.4-7.3-7.35.23.91.90.0-15.2-15.4-18.7

Akureyri monthly weather indicators

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight maximum duration (h)6.09.013.017.021.023.022.018.014.011.07.04.0
Daylight mean duration (h)4.98.311.815.419.122.720.616.713.19.66.03.4
Daylight minimum duration (h)3.06.09.013.017.021.018.014.011.07.04.03.0
Sunshine mean duration (h)0.22.73.57.49.310.97.48.74.42.50.70.3
Precipitation (mm)151788344695549481561586056
Sunny days2761061012186131310
Rainy days1010512232019132415147
Snow days1911208200003314

Best time to visit Akureyri:

The best time to visit Akureyri during the most sunny months:

  • April — 7.4(h)
  • May — 9.3(h)
  • June — 10.9(h)
  • July — 7.4(h)
  • August — 8.7(h)

Months with the longest average daylight duration in Akureyri:

  • May — 19.1(h)
  • June — 22.7(h)
  • July — 20.6(h)
  • August — 16.7(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Akureyri is at

  • January — 151(mm)
  • September — 156(mm)
  • October — 158(mm)