Ísafjörður weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇸 Iceland · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Ísafjörður is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 23/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 984
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 23/100
- Rain / year
- 1,406 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 9°C / 48°F
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Ísafjörður?
Ísafjörður never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 23/100, 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 Ísafjörður?
Ísafjörður isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 984 hours of sunshine a year. July (23/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #8 of 9 destinations in Iceland for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,318 hours. The year's 1,406 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 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 145 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 129 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 124 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| April | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 106 mm | 1 | 2° / 36°F |
| May | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 87 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| June | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 65 mm | 3 | 7° / 45°F |
| July | 23 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 83 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| August | 16 | 11° / 52°F | 7° / 45°F | 104 mm | 2 | 9° / 48°F |
| September | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 140 mm | 1 | 9° / 48°F |
| October | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 137 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 128 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 158 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
Sea temperature in Ísafjörður by month
The sea off Ísafjörður is warmest in July at around 9°C / 48°F, and coolest in March at 2°C / 36°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 · 222 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 232 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
- Vágar Faroe Islands · 887 km · best in Aug · 998 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 1,220 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,339 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Inverness United Kingdom · 1,369 km · best in Jul · 1,074 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Akureyri Iceland · 234 km · 1,550 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Grímsey/Sandvík Iceland · 235 km · 1,074 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Þórshöfn Iceland · 351 km · 974 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Vopnafjörður Iceland · 378 km · 1,340 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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