July
July · August · June
27climate match
Greenland · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Qaqortoq.
July leads for comfortable weather in Qaqortoq: typically 12.2°C by day, 5°C at night, with 110 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortJuly
Typical high12.2°C
Typical low5°C
Rain in July110 mm
January
January · February · March
5climate match
July
July · June · August
48climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against July’s 27 — days reach only -1.9°C, 26° 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
5-1.9° / -7.7°
Feb
5-2.5° / -8.5°
Mar
5-0.5° / -7°
Apr
53.7° / -2.4°
May
87.3° / 0.6°
Jun
1910.2° / 3.1°
Jul
2712.2° / 5°
Aug
2111.8° / 5.7°
Sep
69.2° / 3.8°
Oct
55.1° / 0.3°
Nov
51.2° / -3.7°
Dec
5-1° / -6.3°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Sea | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.9°C | -7.7°C | 103 mm | 10.9 | 0.3°C | 6 h 27 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | -2.5°C | -8.5°C | 112 mm | 10.1 | -0.2°C | 8 h 55 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | -0.5°C | -7°C | 88 mm | 9.3 | -0.3°C | 11 h 32 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| April | 3.7°C | -2.4°C | 89 mm | 7.5 | -0.1°C | 14 h 31 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| May | 7.3°C | 0.6°C | 78 mm | 7.8 | 0.6°C | 17 h 16 | 8 | Strong coverage |
| June | 10.2°C | 3.1°C | 99 mm | 8.8 | 1.8°C | 19 h 05 | 19 | Strong coverage |
| July | 12.2°C | 5°C | 110 mm | 8.8 | 3.6°C | 18 h 19 | 27 | Strong coverage |
| August | 11.8°C | 5.7°C | 149 mm | 10.3 | 4.3°C | 15 h 45 | 21 | Strong coverage |
| September | 9.2°C | 3.8°C | 160 mm | 11.1 | 3.6°C | 12 h 47 | 6 | Strong coverage |
| October | 5.1°C | 0.3°C | 125 mm | 8.5 | 2.4°C | 9 h 55 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| November | 1.2°C | -3.7°C | 143 mm | 10.2 | 1.4°C | 7 h 13 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| December | -1°C | -6.3°C | 101 mm | 9.9 | 0.8°C | 5 h 41 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Qaqortoq runs +0.1°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
+0.4
Feb
-1.5
Mar
+0.5
Apr
+0.2
May
-1.3
Jun
-0.1
Jul
+0.2
Aug
-0.2
Sep
+0.6
Oct
+0.6
Nov
+0.7
Dec
+0.8
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C7 Jan 1961 | -30.0°C22 Jan 1984 | 137 mm9 Jan 1967 | 310 mm1992 · driest 4 mm in 1966 | 60 |
| February | 12.0°C8 Feb 2010 | -24.3°C27 Feb 1976 | 74 mm7 Feb 1967 | 343 mm1993 · driest 1 mm in 1982 | 62 |
| March | 12.5°C18 Mar 2006 | -26.0°C20 Mar 1983 | 83 mm1 Mar 2002 | 299 mm1992 · driest 0 mm in 1962 | 61 |
| April | 14.1°C22 Apr 2026 | -16.4°C13 Apr 1989 | 101 mm8 Apr 1975 | 287 mm1975 · driest 2 mm in 1989 | 62 |
| May | 21.8°C29 May 2012 | -11.6°C6 May 1993 | 124 mm29 May 1994 | 259 mm1984 · driest 1 mm in 1966 | 61 |
| June | 20.0°C24 Jun 1974 | -6.0°C1 Jun 1972 | 146 mm24 Jun 2021 | 232 mm1997 · driest 2 mm in 2026 | 62 |
| July | 21.7°C22 Jul 2008 | -2.4°C24 Jul 1968 | 100 mm13 Jul 1989 | 374 mm1966 · driest 0 mm in 2015 | 60 |
| August | 23.0°C26 Aug 2003 | -3.4°C13 Aug 1976 | 150 mm6 Aug 1994 | 409 mm1984 · driest 5 mm in 1980 | 61 |
| September | 21.6°C19 Sep 2006 | -5.8°C21 Sep 1963 | 143 mm7 Sep 2002 | 371 mm1990 · driest 3 mm in 1981 | 61 |
| October | 17.8°C8 Oct 2007 | -11.0°C30 Oct 1965 | 134 mm8 Oct 2012 | 339 mm1991 · driest 1 mm in 1968 | 61 |
| November | 13.7°C25 Nov 1988 | -18.0°C22 Nov 1978 | 102 mm17 Nov 2001 | 421 mm2001 · driest 4 mm in 2002 | 59 |
| December | 13.0°C19 Dec 2001 | -21.2°C20 Dec 1984 | 108 mm16 Dec 2005 | 284 mm1975 · driest 12 mm in 2007 | 59 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| February | 0 | 25 | 3 |
| March | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| April | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| May | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| June | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| July | 0 | <1 | 3 |
| August | 0 | <1 | 5 |
| September | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| October | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| November | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| December | 0 | 26 | 3 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was August (scoring 26); on 2011–2025 it is July (37). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 32% | 9% | 42% | -6.5–1.9°C |
| February | 0% | 31% | 10% | 38% | -6.3–2.7°C |
| March | 0% | 29% | 8% | 36% | -4.4–3.5°C |
| April | 0% | 26% | 8% | 30% | 1.0–5.8°C |
| May | <1% | 25% | 9% | 30% | 5.1–9.1°C |
| June | <1% | 30% | 11% | 41% | 8.5–11.7°C |
| July | <1% | 32% | 12% | 41% | 10.4–13.5°C |
| August | <1% | 32% | 14% | 45% | 10.3–13.4°C |
| September | <1% | 35% | 16% | 44% | 7.2–10.3°C |
| October | 0% | 27% | 11% | 34% | 3.0–6.7°C |
| November | 0% | 33% | 12% | 43% | -1.8–3.8°C |
| December | 0% | 31% | 10% | 40% | -4.7–1.9°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 3420846
- NOAA station
- GLE00147301 · QAQORTOQ
- Station distance
- 0.8 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 26 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 60.72°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Sea temperature
- NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 12 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.