Akureyri weather in August

In August, Akureyri sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 89 mm of precipitation across 15.1 wet days and about 16.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 18 h 12 min at the start of August to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Akureyri's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akureyri's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 11th coldest
Precipitation: 89 mm; 15.1 wet days
Daylight: 16 h 24 min; 5:04 AM – 9:29 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Akureyri is town in Iceland.

Air quality: Good; PM10 15.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 141/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1786

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical August day in Akureyri reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	12	7
10	12	7
11	12	7
12	12	7
13	12	7
14	12	7
15	12	7
16	12	7
17	12	7
18	12	6
19	12	6
20	12	6
21	12	6
22	11	6
23	11	6
24	11	6
25	11	6
26	11	6
27	11	6
28	11	6
29	11	5
30	11	5
31	10	5

How August really feels in Akureyri

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Akureyri weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-1° / -6°	115	17.2	17.1	4.1	0.0
Feb	-1° / -6°	95	15.7	15.3	7.6	0.0
Mar	-1° / -6°	97	16.9	17.6	11.1	0.0
Apr	2° / -3°	73	14.2	13.8	14.8	0.0
May	5° / 0°	65	12.6	9	18.5	0.2
Jun	10° / 4°	61	12.1	2.4	21.4	1.9
Jul	12° / 7°	77	14.2	0.4	20.1	2.8
Aug	12° / 7°	89	15.1	0.9	16.4	2.6
Sep	8° / 3°	114	16.1	5.6	12.7	1.1
Oct	3° / -2°	142	18.5	14.7	9.1	0.0
Nov	-0° / -5°	122	16.8	16.2	5.4	0.0
Dec	-1° / -6°	122	17.3	17	2.6	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Cloudier (%)	84	84	84	83	82	83	83	83	83	83	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	85	85	85	85	85	85	87	87	87	87	87	88	88

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	17	83
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	19	81
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	12	88
31	12	88

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Akureyri gets around 89 mm of rain and snow over 15.1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 47% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	51	52	52	53	53	53
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	0
2	43	0
3	43	0
4	44	0
5	44	1
6	45	1
7	45	1
8	46	1
9	46	1
10	46	1
11	46	1
12	46	1
13	46	1
14	46	2
15	46	2
16	46	2
17	46	2
18	47	2
19	47	3
20	48	3
21	48	3
22	49	4
23	50	4
24	50	5
25	51	5
26	51	6
27	52	6
28	52	6
29	53	7
30	53	7
31	53	8

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 18 h 12 min at the start of August to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 216 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:11 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 10:26 PM to 8:30 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	18.2	18.1	18.0	17.9	17.8	17.6	17.5	17.4	17.3	17.1	17.0	16.9	16.8	16.7	16.5	16.4	16.3	16.2	16.0	15.9	15.8	15.7	15.6	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.0	14.8	14.7	14.6
Sunrise (AM)	4:11	4:15	4:18	4:22	4:26	4:29	4:33	4:36	4:40	4:43	4:47	4:50	4:54	4:57	5:01	5:04	5:08	5:11	5:14	5:18	5:21	5:25	5:28	5:31	5:35	5:38	5:41	5:45	5:48	5:51	5:54
Sunset (PM)	10:26	10:22	10:18	10:14	10:11	10:07	10:03	9:59	9:56	9:52	9:48	9:44	9:40	9:37	9:33	9:29	9:25	9:21	9:17	9:13	9:09	9:06	9:02	8:58	8:54	8:50	8:46	8:42	8:38	8:34	8:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	18.2	4:11	10:26
2	18.1	4:15	10:22
3	18.0	4:18	10:18
4	17.9	4:22	10:14
5	17.8	4:26	10:11
6	17.6	4:29	10:07
7	17.5	4:33	10:03
8	17.4	4:36	9:59
9	17.3	4:40	9:56
10	17.1	4:43	9:52
11	17.0	4:47	9:48
12	16.9	4:50	9:44
13	16.8	4:54	9:40
14	16.7	4:57	9:37
15	16.5	5:01	9:33
16	16.4	5:04	9:29
17	16.3	5:08	9:25
18	16.2	5:11	9:21
19	16.0	5:14	9:17
20	15.9	5:18	9:13
21	15.8	5:21	9:09
22	15.7	5:25	9:06
23	15.6	5:28	9:02
24	15.4	5:31	8:58
25	15.3	5:35	8:54
26	15.2	5:38	8:50
27	15.1	5:41	8:46
28	15.0	5:45	8:42
29	14.8	5:48	8:38
30	14.7	5:51	8:34
31	14.6	5:54	8:30

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.21 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 3.17 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.2	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.7	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.5	Moderate
31	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Akureyri?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.6

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Akureyri.

What to pack for Akureyri in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Akureyri sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Akureyri in August

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 51 km away) is warmest in August at about 9°C and coldest in March near 3°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	4	3	3	3	4	7	9	9	8	6	5	4
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	4	Bracing
Feb	3	Bracing
Mar	3	Bracing
Apr	3	Bracing
May	4	Bracing
Jun	7	Bracing
Jul	9	Bracing
Aug	9	Bracing
Sep	8	Bracing
Oct	6	Bracing
Nov	5	Bracing
Dec	4	Bracing

UV index in Akureyri in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Akureyri peaks around June 12 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 3 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	3	4	5	4	3	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	2	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Akureyri?

Akureyri sits at 65.7°N, 18.1°W, in Iceland. The nearest listed city is Reykjavik, 249 km away.

Topography around Akureyri

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Akureyri.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Akureyri has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 415 m around an average of 60 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,536 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,526 m.

The land around Akureyri is covered by grassland (36%) and water (32%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) within 16 km, and grassland (30%), bare terrain (28%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

415 m

grassland 36%

16 km

1,536 m

grassland 50%

80 km

1,526 m

grassland 30%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetlandmoss and lichen

← July Akureyri year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Reykjavik 249 km · Kópavogur 251 km · Hafnarfjörður 256 km · Vik 256 km · Keflavik 282 km · Reykjanesbær 282 km · Tórshavn 687 km · Isle of Lewis 1,028 km

Iceland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 118% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $98,323; 2025
Happiness: 7.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Akureyri (65.6835°, -18.0878°), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	12	7
10	12	7
11	12	7
12	12	7
13	12	7
14	12	7
15	12	7
16	12	7
17	12	7
18	12	6
19	12	6
20	12	6
21	12	6
22	11	6
23	11	6
24	11	6
25	11	6
26	11	6
27	11	6
28	11	6
29	11	5
30	11	5
31	10	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	17	83
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	19	81
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	0
2	43	0
3	43	0
4	44	0
5	44	1
6	45	1
7	45	1
8	46	1
9	46	1
10	46	1
11	46	1
12	46	1
13	46	1
14	46	2
15	46	2
16	46	2
17	46	2
18	47	2
19	47	3
20	48	3
21	48	3
22	49	4
23	50	4
24	50	5
25	51	5
26	51	6
27	52	6
28	52	6
29	53	7
30	53	7
31	53	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	12	7
10	12	7
11	12	7
12	12	7
13	12	7
14	12	7
15	12	7
16	12	7
17	12	7
18	12	6
19	12	6
20	12	6
21	12	6
22	11	6
23	11	6
24	11	6
25	11	6
26	11	6
27	11	6
28	11	6
29	11	5
30	11	5
31	10	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	17	83
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	19	81
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	0
2	43	0
3	43	0
4	44	0
5	44	1
6	45	1
7	45	1
8	46	1
9	46	1
10	46	1
11	46	1
12	46	1
13	46	1
14	46	2
15	46	2
16	46	2
17	46	2
18	47	2
19	47	3
20	48	3
21	48	3
22	49	4
23	50	4
24	50	5
25	51	5
26	51	6
27	52	6
28	52	6
29	53	7
30	53	7
31	53	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	12	7
10	12	7
11	12	7
12	12	7
13	12	7
14	12	7
15	12	7
16	12	7
17	12	7
18	12	6
19	12	6
20	12	6
21	12	6
22	11	6
23	11	6
24	11	6
25	11	6
26	11	6
27	11	6
28	11	6
29	11	5
30	11	5
31	10	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	17	83
5	18	82
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	19	81
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	0
2	43	0
3	43	0
4	44	0
5	44	1
6	45	1
7	45	1
8	46	1
9	46	1
10	46	1
11	46	1
12	46	1
13	46	1
14	46	2
15	46	2
16	46	2
17	46	2
18	47	2
19	47	3
20	48	3
21	48	3
22	49	4
23	50	4
24	50	5
25	51	5
26	51	6
27	52	6
28	52	6
29	53	7
30	53	7
31	53	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100