Keflavik weather in February

In February, Keflavik sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 123 mm of precipitation across 17.4 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 30 min at the start of February to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Keflavik's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Keflavik's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
1st coldest
Precipitation
123 mm
17.4 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
9:45 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
76%
8th clearest
Wind
27 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Keflavik is town in Iceland.

Founded
1501

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

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°C through the month.

A typical February day in Keflavik reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with March.

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How February really feels in Keflavik

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
28
wind chill below the day's low

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Keflavik weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 12518.89.750.0
Feb / -0°12317.410.480.0
Mar / 11317.69.311.20.0
Apr / 9115.43.414.60.3
May / 7913.90.517.81.2
Jun11° / 6712.8020.12.3
Jul12° / 10°7412.8019.13.0
Aug12° / 10°9714.20162.8
Sep10° / 13417.2012.71.8
Oct / 12015.41.69.30.8
Nov / 12417.24.96.10.0
Dec / 12918.69.13.90.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22476
32377
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Keflavik gets around 123 mm of rain and snow over 17.4 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 62% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
16135
26136
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56236
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Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

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Wind in February

Winds average 27 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 26 km/h on the calmest days to 27 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
127breezy
227breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 30 min at the start of February to 9 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 174 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 10:29 AM to 9:01 AM, and sunset from 4:59 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.510:294:59
26.610:265:02
36.710:235:05
46.810:205:09
56.910:175:12
67.010:145:15
77.110:115:19
87.210:075:22
97.310:045:25
107.510:015:28
117.69:585:32
127.79:555:35
137.89:515:38
147.99:485:42
158.09:455:45
168.19:415:48
178.29:385:51
188.39:355:55
198.49:315:58
208.69:286:01
218.79:256:04
228.89:216:08
238.99:186:11
249.09:146:14
259.19:116:17
269.29:086:20
279.39:046:24
289.49:016:27

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 0.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.05 kWh/m² to a high of 5.38 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 0.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Keflavik?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Keflavik.

What to pack for Keflavik in February

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

In February, Keflavik sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Keflavik in February

The nearest coast averages about 5°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 11°C and coldest in March near 5°C.

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

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Keflavik in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Keflavik peaks around June 21 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 21UV 4Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Moderate
May3Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Keflavik?

Keflavik sits at 64.0°N, 22.6°W, 5 m above sea level, in Iceland. The nearest listed city is Reykjanesbær, 1.0 km away.

HafnarfjörðurKópavogurReykjavikVikAkureyri

Topography around Keflavik

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Keflavik has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,065 m.

The land around Keflavik is covered by grassland (45%) and water (37%) within 3 km, water (57%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and water (67%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
187 m
80 km
1,065 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
February weather nearby: Reykjanesbær 1.0 km · Hafnarfjörður 31 km · Kópavogur 34 km · Reykjavik 36 km · Vik 187 km · Akureyri 282 km · Tórshavn 825 km · Isle of Lewis 1,076 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
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland 59%other or unspecified 19%none 8%Independent Congregation of Reykjavik 3%

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 Keflavik (64.0049°, -22.5624°, elevation 5 m), 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).