Vik weather in August

In August, Vik sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 179 mm of precipitation across 16.7 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 30 min at the start of August to 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Vik's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vik's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 12th coldest
Precipitation: 179 mm; 16.7 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 54 min; 5:22 AM – 9:18 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 5th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 3.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.6; out of 10

Vik is human settlement in Iceland.

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

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month.

A typical August day in Vik reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

How August really feels in Vik

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.

Vik weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-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° / -1°	289	22	19.9	5.2	0.0
Feb	2° / -1°	278	20.1	18	8.1	0.0
Mar	2° / -1°	263	21.2	19.3	11.2	0.0
Apr	3° / 1°	201	18.9	15	14.5	0.0
May	5° / 3°	143	16.7	8.8	17.7	0.1
Jun	8° / 6°	124	14.8	1.9	19.8	1.0
Jul	9° / 7°	138	16.8	0.1	18.9	1.5
Aug	9° / 7°	179	16.7	0.1	15.9	1.6
Sep	8° / 5°	273	20.4	4	12.7	0.8
Oct	5° / 3°	285	20.1	10.7	9.4	0.1
Nov	3° / 0°	270	19.4	15.4	6.3	0.0
Dec	2° / -1°	306	21.9	18.9	4.2	0.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

	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 (%)	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	23	23	23	22	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18
Cloudier (%)	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	75	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	77	77	77	78	78	78	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	18	82

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Vik gets around 179 mm of rain and snow over 16.7 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 55% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	55	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	61	62	63
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	55	0
2	54	0
3	54	0
4	54	0
5	54	0
6	54	0
7	53	0
8	53	0
9	53	0
10	53	0
11	53	0
12	53	0
13	53	0
14	53	0
15	53	0
16	54	0
17	54	0
18	54	0
19	54	0
20	55	0
21	55	0
22	55	0
23	56	1
24	57	1
25	58	1
26	59	1
27	60	1
28	61	2
29	61	2
30	62	2
31	63	2

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 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
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	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	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	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 30 min at the start of August to 14 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 192 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:37 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 10:07 PM to 8:26 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)	17.5	17.4	17.3	17.2	17.1	17.0	16.9	16.8	16.7	16.6	16.5	16.4	16.3	16.2	16.0	15.9	15.8	15.7	15.6	15.5	15.4	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.4	14.3
Sunrise (AM)	4:37	4:40	4:43	4:46	4:49	4:52	4:55	4:58	5:01	5:04	5:07	5:10	5:13	5:16	5:19	5:22	5:25	5:28	5:31	5:34	5:37	5:40	5:43	5:46	5:48	5:51	5:54	5:57	6:00	6:03	6:06
Sunset (PM)	10:07	10:04	10:01	9:57	9:54	9:51	9:48	9:45	9:42	9:38	9:35	9:32	9:28	9:25	9:22	9:18	9:15	9:12	9:08	9:05	9:01	8:58	8:54	8:51	8:47	8:44	8:40	8:37	8:33	8:30	8:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	17.5	4:37	10:07
2	17.4	4:40	10:04
3	17.3	4:43	10:01
4	17.2	4:46	9:57
5	17.1	4:49	9:54
6	17.0	4:52	9:51
7	16.9	4:55	9:48
8	16.8	4:58	9:45
9	16.7	5:01	9:42
10	16.6	5:04	9:38
11	16.5	5:07	9:35
12	16.4	5:10	9:32
13	16.3	5:13	9:28
14	16.2	5:16	9:25
15	16.0	5:19	9:22
16	15.9	5:22	9:18
17	15.8	5:25	9:15
18	15.7	5:28	9:12
19	15.6	5:31	9:08
20	15.5	5:34	9:05
21	15.4	5:37	9:01
22	15.3	5:40	8:58
23	15.2	5:43	8:54
24	15.1	5:46	8:51
25	15.0	5:48	8:47
26	14.9	5:51	8:44
27	14.8	5:54	8:40
28	14.7	5:57	8:37
29	14.6	6:00	8:33
30	14.4	6:03	8:30
31	14.3	6:06	8:26

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.07 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.76 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)	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Vik?

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

1.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vik.

What to pack for Vik in August

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

In August, Vik sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Vik in August

The nearest coast averages about 12°C in August — 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 12°C and coldest in February near 7°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)	8	7	7	8	8	10	11	12	10	9	8	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	8	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	7	Bracing
Apr	8	Bracing
May	8	Bracing
Jun	10	Bracing
Jul	11	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	10	Bracing
Oct	9	Bracing
Nov	8	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in Vik in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Vik peaks around June 19 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 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	5	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	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Vik?

Vik sits at 63.4°N, 19.0°W, 0 m above sea level, in Iceland. The nearest listed city is Hafnarfjörður, 161 km away.

Topography around Vik

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vik has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 492 m around an average of 96 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,219 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,623 m.

The land around Vik is covered by grassland (45%) and water (31%) within 3 km, water (47%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and water (42%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

492 m

grassland 45%

16 km

1,219 m

water 47%

80 km

1,623 m

water 42%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetlandmoss and lichen

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

August weather nearby: Hafnarfjörður 161 km · Kópavogur 162 km · Reykjavik 163 km · Reykjanesbær 186 km · Keflavik 187 km · Akureyri 256 km · Tórshavn 642 km · Isle of Lewis 893 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 Vik (63.4194°, -19.0097°, elevation 0 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	10	8
2	10	8
3	10	8
4	10	8
5	10	8
6	10	8
7	10	8
8	10	8
9	10	8
10	10	7
11	10	7
12	10	7
13	9	7
14	9	7
15	9	7
16	9	7
17	9	7
18	9	7
19	9	7
20	9	7
21	9	7
22	9	7
23	9	7
24	9	7
25	9	7
26	9	7
27	9	7
28	9	7
29	9	7
30	9	7
31	9	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	55	0
2	54	0
3	54	0
4	54	0
5	54	0
6	54	0
7	53	0
8	53	0
9	53	0
10	53	0
11	53	0
12	53	0
13	53	0
14	53	0
15	53	0
16	54	0
17	54	0
18	54	0
19	54	0
20	55	0
21	55	0
22	55	0
23	56	1
24	57	1
25	58	1
26	59	1
27	60	1
28	61	2
29	61	2
30	62	2
31	63	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	55	0
2	54	0
3	54	0
4	54	0
5	54	0
6	54	0
7	53	0
8	53	0
9	53	0
10	53	0
11	53	0
12	53	0
13	53	0
14	53	0
15	53	0
16	54	0
17	54	0
18	54	0
19	54	0
20	55	0
21	55	0
22	55	0
23	56	1
24	57	1
25	58	1
26	59	1
27	60	1
28	61	2
29	61	2
30	62	2
31	63	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	55	0
2	54	0
3	54	0
4	54	0
5	54	0
6	54	0
7	53	0
8	53	0
9	53	0
10	53	0
11	53	0
12	53	0
13	53	0
14	53	0
15	53	0
16	54	0
17	54	0
18	54	0
19	54	0
20	55	0
21	55	0
22	55	0
23	56	1
24	57	1
25	58	1
26	59	1
27	60	1
28	61	2
29	61	2
30	62	2
31	63	2

	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