Höfn weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇸 Iceland · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Höfn is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 24/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,200
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 24/100
- Rain / year
- 2,330 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈5.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 10°C / 50°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Höfn?
Höfn never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 24/100, 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 Höfn?
Höfn isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,200 hours of sunshine a year. July (24/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #6 of 9 destinations in Iceland for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,318 hours. The year's 2,330 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 249 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 221 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| March | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 193 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| April | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 168 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 131 mm | 3 | 8° / 46°F |
| June | 16 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 112 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| July | 24 | 13° / 55°F | 8° / 46°F | 148 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| August | 19 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 161 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| September | 10 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 209 mm | 1 | 9° / 48°F |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 265 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| November | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 242 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 231 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
Sea temperature in Höfn by month
The sea off Höfn is warmest in August at around 10°C / 50°F, and coolest in December at 3°C / 37°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Reykjavík Iceland · 325 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 359 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
- Vágar Faroe Islands · 469 km · best in Aug · 998 h sun/yr
- Inverness United Kingdom · 961 km · best in Jul · 1,074 h sun/yr
- Aberdeen United Kingdom · 1,056 km · best in Jul · 1,300 h sun/yr
- Ålesund Norway · 1,073 km · best in Jul · 1,230 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Egilsstaðir Iceland · 117 km · 1,333 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Vopnafjörður Iceland · 159 km · 1,340 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Akureyri Iceland · 202 km · 1,550 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Þórshöfn Iceland · 214 km · 974 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Grímsey/Sandvík Iceland · 281 km · 1,074 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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