Reykjavik weather in April

In April, Reykjavik sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 90 mm of precipitation across 15.3 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 7°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of April to 16 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Reykjavik's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Reykjavik's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 6°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 90 mm; 15.3 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 36 min; 6:09 AM – 8:47 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.4; out of 10

Reykjavik is capital and largest city in Iceland.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6.8 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 487/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1786

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 7°C by the end.

A typical April day in Reykjavik reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°C warmer than March and about 3°C cooler than May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Avg low (°C)	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	-1
2	4	-1
3	5	-1
4	5	0
5	5	0
6	5	0
7	5	0
8	5	0
9	5	0
10	5	0
11	5	0
12	6	1
13	6	1
14	6	1
15	6	1
16	6	1
17	6	1
18	6	1
19	6	1
20	7	1
21	7	1
22	7	2
23	7	2
24	7	2
25	7	2
26	7	2
27	7	2
28	7	2
29	7	2
30	8	2

How April really feels in Reykjavik

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 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

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

Reykjavik weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -3°	124	17.9	12.1	4.9	0.0
Feb	2° / -3°	122	16.6	12.1	7.9	0.0
Mar	3° / -2°	114	16.9	11.7	11.2	0.0
Apr	6° / 1°	90	15.3	5.3	14.6	0.4
May	9° / 4°	83	14.8	0.5	17.9	1.7
Jun	12° / 8°	69	12.8	0.1	20.2	2.9
Jul	14° / 9°	76	13.3	0	19.2	3.6
Aug	13° / 9°	93	14.9	0	16.1	3.2
Sep	11° / 6°	126	16.8	0.3	12.7	2.0
Oct	7° / 3°	111	14.8	2.5	9.3	0.6
Nov	4° / -0°	113	15.5	6.7	6	0.0
Dec	2° / -2°	124	16.6	11.2	3.8	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

	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
Clearer (%)	25	25	26	25	25	25	24	23	23	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	23	23	23	23	23
Cloudier (%)	75	75	74	75	75	75	76	77	77	77	77	76	77	77	77	77	77	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	76	77	77	77	77	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	24	76
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Reykjavik gets around 90 mm of rain and snow over 15.3 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 51% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

	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
Rain chance (%)	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	55	54	54	54	54	53	52	52	51	50	50	49	48	48	48	48	49	49	50	50	50	50	50
Snow chance (%)	28	27	26	26	25	25	24	23	22	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	53	28
2	53	27
3	54	26
4	54	26
5	54	25
6	54	25
7	54	24
8	55	23
9	54	22
10	54	22
11	54	21
12	54	20
13	53	19
14	52	19
15	52	18
16	51	17
17	50	16
18	50	15
19	49	14
20	48	13
21	48	13
22	48	12
23	48	12
24	49	12
25	49	11
26	50	11
27	50	10
28	50	10
29	50	9
30	50	9

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April 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
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

	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

Wind in April

Winds average 15 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of April to 16 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 192 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:03 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 8:01 PM to 9:31 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
Daylight (h)	13.0	13.1	13.2	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.4	14.5	14.6	14.7	14.9	15.0	15.1	15.2	15.3	15.4	15.5	15.6	15.7	15.9	16.0	16.1	16.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:03	6:59	6:56	6:52	6:49	6:45	6:41	6:38	6:34	6:30	6:27	6:23	6:19	6:16	6:12	6:09	6:05	6:02	5:58	5:54	5:51	5:47	5:44	5:40	5:37	5:33	5:30	5:26	5:23	5:19
Sunset (PM)	8:01	8:04	8:07	8:10	8:13	8:16	8:19	8:23	8:26	8:29	8:32	8:35	8:38	8:41	8:44	8:47	8:50	8:53	8:56	8:59	9:02	9:05	9:09	9:12	9:15	9:18	9:21	9:24	9:27	9:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	7:03	8:01
2	13.1	6:59	8:04
3	13.2	6:56	8:07
4	13.3	6:52	8:10
5	13.4	6:49	8:13
6	13.5	6:45	8:16
7	13.6	6:41	8:19
8	13.7	6:38	8:23
9	13.9	6:34	8:26
10	14.0	6:30	8:29
11	14.1	6:27	8:32
12	14.2	6:23	8:35
13	14.3	6:19	8:38
14	14.4	6:16	8:41
15	14.5	6:12	8:44
16	14.6	6:09	8:47
17	14.7	6:05	8:50
18	14.9	6:02	8:53
19	15.0	5:58	8:56
20	15.1	5:54	8:59
21	15.2	5:51	9:02
22	15.3	5:47	9:05
23	15.4	5:44	9:09
24	15.5	5:40	9:12
25	15.6	5:37	9:15
26	15.7	5:33	9:18
27	15.9	5:30	9:21
28	16.0	5:26	9:24
29	16.1	5:23	9:27
30	16.2	5:19	9:31

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 3.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.05 kWh/m² to a high of 5.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 3.44 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.7	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Reykjavik?

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

0.4

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Reykjavik.

What to pack for Reykjavik in April

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

In April, Reykjavik sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

Sea temperature near Reykjavik in April

The nearest coast averages about 6°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	5	5	5	6	7	10	11	11	10	8	7	6
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	5	Bracing
Feb	5	Bracing
Mar	5	Bracing
Apr	6	Bracing
May	7	Bracing
Jun	10	Bracing
Jul	11	Bracing
Aug	11	Bracing
Sep	10	Bracing
Oct	8	Bracing
Nov	7	Bracing
Dec	6	Bracing

UV index in Reykjavik in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Reykjavik 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.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Reykjavik?

Reykjavik sits at 64.1°N, 21.9°W, 37 m above sea level, in Iceland. The nearest listed city is Kópavogur, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Reykjavik

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Reykjavik has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 867 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,335 m.

The land around Reykjavik is covered by artificial surfaces (37%) and water (25%) within 3 km, water (45%) and grassland (43%) within 16 km, and water (48%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

77 m

artificial surfaces 37%

16 km

867 m

water 45%

80 km

1,335 m

water 48%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

← March Reykjavik year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Kópavogur 3.0 km · Hafnarfjörður 8.0 km · Keflavik 36 km · Reykjanesbær 36 km · Vik 163 km · Akureyri 249 km · Tórshavn 795 km · Isle of Lewis 1,055 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 Reykjavik (64.1355°, -21.8954°, elevation 37 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	-1
2	4	-1
3	5	-1
4	5	0
5	5	0
6	5	0
7	5	0
8	5	0
9	5	0
10	5	0
11	5	0
12	6	1
13	6	1
14	6	1
15	6	1
16	6	1
17	6	1
18	6	1
19	6	1
20	7	1
21	7	1
22	7	2
23	7	2
24	7	2
25	7	2
26	7	2
27	7	2
28	7	2
29	7	2
30	8	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	24	76
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	53	28
2	53	27
3	54	26
4	54	26
5	54	25
6	54	25
7	54	24
8	55	23
9	54	22
10	54	22
11	54	21
12	54	20
13	53	19
14	52	19
15	52	18
16	51	17
17	50	16
18	50	15
19	49	14
20	48	13
21	48	13
22	48	12
23	48	12
24	49	12
25	49	11
26	50	11
27	50	10
28	50	10
29	50	9
30	50	9

	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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	-1
2	4	-1
3	5	-1
4	5	0
5	5	0
6	5	0
7	5	0
8	5	0
9	5	0
10	5	0
11	5	0
12	6	1
13	6	1
14	6	1
15	6	1
16	6	1
17	6	1
18	6	1
19	6	1
20	7	1
21	7	1
22	7	2
23	7	2
24	7	2
25	7	2
26	7	2
27	7	2
28	7	2
29	7	2
30	8	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	24	76
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	53	28
2	53	27
3	54	26
4	54	26
5	54	25
6	54	25
7	54	24
8	55	23
9	54	22
10	54	22
11	54	21
12	54	20
13	53	19
14	52	19
15	52	18
16	51	17
17	50	16
18	50	15
19	49	14
20	48	13
21	48	13
22	48	12
23	48	12
24	49	12
25	49	11
26	50	11
27	50	10
28	50	10
29	50	9
30	50	9

	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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	-1
2	4	-1
3	5	-1
4	5	0
5	5	0
6	5	0
7	5	0
8	5	0
9	5	0
10	5	0
11	5	0
12	6	1
13	6	1
14	6	1
15	6	1
16	6	1
17	6	1
18	6	1
19	6	1
20	7	1
21	7	1
22	7	2
23	7	2
24	7	2
25	7	2
26	7	2
27	7	2
28	7	2
29	7	2
30	8	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	24	76
8	23	77
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	53	28
2	53	27
3	54	26
4	54	26
5	54	25
6	54	25
7	54	24
8	55	23
9	54	22
10	54	22
11	54	21
12	54	20
13	53	19
14	52	19
15	52	18
16	51	17
17	50	16
18	50	15
19	49	14
20	48	13
21	48	13
22	48	12
23	48	12
24	49	12
25	49	11
26	50	11
27	50	10
28	50	10
29	50	9
30	50	9

	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