Vágar weather by month & the best time to visit
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Vágar is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 22/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 998
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 22/100
- Rain / year
- 1,225 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 11°C / 52°F
- Population
- 13k
- Elevation
- 83 m
When is the best time to visit Vágar?
Vágar never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 22/100, 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 Vágar?
Vágar isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 998 hours of sunshine a year. August (22/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in Faroe Islands. The year's 1,225 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 | 6° / 43°F | 4° / 39°F | 129 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 4° / 39°F | 99 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| March | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 4° / 39°F | 98 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| April | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 5° / 41°F | 80 mm | 2 | 7° / 45°F |
| May | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 6° / 43°F | 75 mm | 3 | 8° / 46°F |
| June | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 8° / 46°F | 70 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| July | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 10° / 50°F | 84 mm | 3 | 11° / 52°F |
| August | 22 | 12° / 54°F | 10° / 50°F | 96 mm | 3 | 11° / 52°F |
| September | 16 | 11° / 52°F | 9° / 48°F | 114 mm | 1 | 11° / 52°F |
| October | 5 | 9° / 48°F | 7° / 45°F | 123 mm | 0 | 10° / 50°F |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 5° / 41°F | 121 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 4° / 39°F | 136 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
Sea temperature in Vágar by month
The sea off Vágar is warmest in July at around 11°C / 52°F, and coolest in January at 7°C / 45°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
See Vágar on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Inverness United Kingdom · 534 km · best in Jul · 1,074 h sun/yr
- Aberdeen United Kingdom · 611 km · best in Jul · 1,300 h sun/yr
- Ålesund Norway · 693 km · best in Jul · 1,230 h sun/yr
- Bergen Norway · 697 km · best in Jul · 1,312 h sun/yr
- Glasgow United Kingdom · 707 km · best in Jul · 1,306 h sun/yr
- Edinburgh United Kingdom · 715 km · best in Jul · 1,292 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Foula United Kingdom · 354 km · 1,232 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Westray, Orkney Islands United Kingdom · 382 km · 1,223 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Papa Westray, Orkney Islands United Kingdom · 384 km · 1,223 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Lerwick, Shetland Islands United Kingdom · 385 km · 1,167 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- North Ronaldsay United Kingdom · 399 km · 1,223 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Vágar compares month by month: Vágar vs Aberdeen · Vágar vs Reykjavík · Vágar vs Ålesund · Vágar vs Inverness · all comparisons
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