August
August · July · June
17climate match
Iceland · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Neskaupstaður.
August leads for comfortable weather in Neskaupstaður: typically 11.4°C by day, 7.5°C at night, with 168 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortAugust
Typical high11.4°C
Typical low7.5°C
Rain in August168 mm
January
January · February · March
5climate match
August
August · June · July
34climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against August’s 17 — days reach only 4.1°C, 20° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
54.1° / -0.7°
Feb
53.8° / -1°
Mar
53.7° / -0.9°
Apr
54.5° / 0.1°
May
56.7° / 2.3°
Jun
139.1° / 4.8°
Jul
1511° / 6.9°
Aug
1711.4° / 7.5°
Sep
510.3° / 6.2°
Oct
57.2° / 3.2°
Nov
55.3° / 1°
Dec
54.1° / -0.5°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Sea | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C | -0.7°C | 176 mm | 19 | 3.7°C | 4 h 51 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 3.8°C | -1°C | 137 mm | 16.3 | 3.2°C | 8 h 12 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 3.7°C | -0.9°C | 135 mm | 16 | 3.1°C | 11 h 25 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| April | 4.5°C | 0.1°C | 135 mm | 15.1 | 3.4°C | 15 h 03 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| May | 6.7°C | 2.3°C | 131 mm | 13.6 | 4.0°C | 18 h 42 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| June | 9.1°C | 4.8°C | 120 mm | 12 | 5.5°C | 22 h 02 | 13 | Strong coverage |
| July | 11°C | 6.9°C | 162 mm | 14.1 | 7.0°C | 20 h 23 | 15 | Strong coverage |
| August | 11.4°C | 7.5°C | 168 mm | 13.7 | 7.9°C | 16 h 37 | 17 | Strong coverage |
| September | 10.3°C | 6.2°C | 197 mm | 15.9 | 7.4°C | 12 h 56 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| October | 7.2°C | 3.2°C | 229 mm | 18.8 | 6.1°C | 9 h 28 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| November | 5.3°C | 1°C | 205 mm | 19.2 | 5.1°C | 5 h 58 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| December | 4.1°C | -0.5°C | 184 mm | 19.5 | 4.3°C | 3 h 34 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Neskaupstaður runs +1.3°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
Jan
+1.4
Feb
+1.3
Mar
+1.9
Apr
+1.2
May
+1.5
Jun
+0.9
Jul
+0.9
Aug
+1.0
Sep
+1.8
Oct
+0.8
Nov
+1.5
Dec
+0.8
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C14 Jan 1992 | -16.5°C2 Jan 1968 | 84 mm9 Jan 1983 | 341 mm1950 · driest 7 mm in 1963 | 78 |
| February | 18.1°C17 Feb 1998 | -16.9°C6 Feb 1969 | 86 mm2 Feb 1970 | 266 mm1974 · driest 15 mm in 1965 | 78 |
| March | 20.4°C18 Mar 2021 | -17.1°C8 Mar 1969 | 68 mm13 Mar 2001 | 251 mm1977 · driest 21 mm in 1962 | 78 |
| April | 19.1°C3 Apr 2007 | -19.2°C1 Apr 1968 | 82 mm29 Apr 2010 | 231 mm1961 · driest 21 mm in 1978 | 78 |
| May | 21.5°C26 May 1956 | -7.6°C6 May 1968 | 80 mm14 May 2017 | 360 mm2011 · driest 10 mm in 1951 | 78 |
| June | 22.5°C26 Jun 2021 | -1.9°C1 Jun 1975 | 92 mm2 Jun 2017 | 267 mm2017 · driest 7 mm in 1970 | 78 |
| July | 23.5°C27 Jul 1982 | 1.0°C7 Jul 1968 | 149 mm3 Jul 1977 | 447 mm1950 · driest 8 mm in 2000 | 77 |
| August | 25.1°C28 Aug 1976 | 1.4°C21 Aug 1964 | 138 mm5 Aug 2009 | 481 mm1985 · driest 12 mm in 1976 | 77 |
| September | 26.0°C12 Sep 1949 | -1.7°C30 Sep 1969 | 160 mm17 Sep 1980 | 430 mm1951 · driest 22 mm in 1976 | 77 |
| October | 23.5°C1 Oct 1973 | -8.6°C30 Oct 1968 | 200 mm3 Oct 1983 | 504 mm1983 · driest 23 mm in 1964 | 77 |
| November | 22.7°C12 Nov 1999 | -10.4°C28 Nov 1955 | 87 mm13 Nov 1968 | 379 mm2018 · driest 27 mm in 1952 | 77 |
| December | 16.6°C3 Dec 1981 | -15.4°C18 Dec 1973 | 72 mm24 Dec 1955 | 325 mm1972 · driest 39 mm in 1957 | 77 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 16 | 5 |
| February | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| March | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| April | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| May | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| June | 0 | <1 | 2 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| September | 0 | <1 | 5 |
| October | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| November | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| December | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 55% | 16% | 73% | 1.1–5.5°C |
| February | 0% | 50% | 13% | 65% | 1.1–5.4°C |
| March | 0% | 48% | 12% | 68% | 0.8–6.2°C |
| April | 0% | 41% | 10% | 52% | 2.2–6.4°C |
| May | <1% | 37% | 9% | 47% | 4.1–8.2°C |
| June | <1% | 35% | 9% | 38% | 7.4–10.8°C |
| July | <1% | 36% | 11% | 44% | 9.3–12.4°C |
| August | <1% | 39% | 13% | 51% | 9.5–12.6°C |
| September | <1% | 46% | 17% | 63% | 7.9–11.4°C |
| October | <1% | 54% | 20% | 72% | 5.6–8.7°C |
| November | 0% | 56% | 18% | 75% | 3.1–6.9°C |
| December | 0% | 56% | 16% | 77% | 1.5–5.5°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2628020
- NOAA station
- IC000004097 · DALATANGI
- Station distance
- 14.3 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 28 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 65.15°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Sea temperature
- NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 15 km from the place centre. A sheltered bay can run warmer than the open sea it is measured from.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.