Egilsstaðir weather by month & the best time to visit

🇮🇸 Iceland · small town · oceanic / maritime climate

Egilsstaðir is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 28/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.

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Sun hours / year

1,333

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

28/100

Rain / year

1,348 mm

Snow / year

≈5.2 m

Midday UV at peak

3 (moderate)

Population

3k

Elevation

22 m

When is the best time to visit Egilsstaðir?

Egilsstaðir never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 28/100, and January is the low point (0/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.

How sunny is Egilsstaðir?

Egilsstaðir isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,333 hours of sunshine a year. July (28/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #4 of 9 destinations in Iceland for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,318 hours. The year's 1,348 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Reykjavík Iceland · 380 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
• Reykjavík Iceland · 416 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
• Vágar Faroe Islands · 501 km · best in Aug · 998 h sun/yr
• Inverness United Kingdom · 1,019 km · best in Jul · 1,074 h sun/yr
• Ålesund Norway · 1,042 km · best in Jul · 1,230 h sun/yr
• Molde Norway · 1,087 km · best in Jul · 1,233 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Vopnafjörður Iceland · 53 km · 1,340 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Þórshöfn Iceland · 112 km · 974 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Höfn Iceland · 117 km · 1,200 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Akureyri Iceland · 174 km · 1,550 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Grímsey/Sandvík Iceland · 216 km · 1,074 h sun/yr · best in Aug