Vik weather in July

In July, Vik sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 138 mm of precipitation across 16.8 wet days and about 18.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-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 9% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 19 h 54 min at the start of July to 17 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Vik's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vik's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 11th coldest
Precipitation: 138 mm; 16.8 wet days
Daylight: 18 h 54 min; 3:53 AM – 10:50 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 11th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.5; out of 10

Vik is human settlement in Iceland.

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical July 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, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

	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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	7
2	9	7
3	9	7
4	9	7
5	9	7
6	9	7
7	9	7
8	9	7
9	9	7
10	9	7
11	9	7
12	9	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	10	7
23	10	7
24	10	8
25	10	8
26	10	8
27	10	8
28	10	8
29	10	8
30	10	8
31	10	8

How July really feels in Vik

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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

July 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 July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-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 July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

	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	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	21	21	21	21	21	21
Cloudier (%)	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	79	79	79	79	79	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitationSnow

Vik gets around 138 mm of rain and snow over 16.8 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 53% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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	31
Rain chance (%)	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55
Snow chance (%)	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	52	2
2	52	1
3	52	1
4	52	1
5	52	1
6	52	1
7	52	0
8	52	0
9	53	0
10	53	0
11	53	0
12	53	0
13	53	0
14	53	0
15	53	0
16	53	0
17	53	0
18	54	0
19	54	0
20	54	0
21	54	0
22	54	0
23	55	0
24	55	0
25	55	0
26	55	0
27	55	0
28	55	0
29	55	0
30	55	0
31	55	0

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July 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 July

Winds average 14 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
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	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 19 h 54 min at the start of July to 17 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 138 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:24 AM to 4:35 AM, and sunset from 11:15 PM to 10:10 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)	19.9	19.8	19.8	19.7	19.7	19.6	19.6	19.5	19.5	19.4	19.3	19.3	19.2	19.1	19.0	18.9	18.9	18.8	18.7	18.6	18.5	18.4	18.3	18.3	18.2	18.1	18.0	17.9	17.8	17.7	17.6
Sunrise (AM)	3:24	3:25	3:27	3:28	3:30	3:31	3:33	3:35	3:37	3:39	3:41	3:44	3:46	3:48	3:51	3:53	3:56	3:58	4:01	4:04	4:06	4:09	4:12	4:14	4:17	4:20	4:23	4:26	4:29	4:32	4:35
Sunset (PM)	11:15	11:14	11:13	11:12	11:10	11:09	11:08	11:06	11:04	11:03	11:01	10:59	10:57	10:55	10:52	10:50	10:48	10:45	10:43	10:40	10:38	10:35	10:33	10:30	10:27	10:24	10:21	10:19	10:16	10:13	10:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	19.9	3:24	11:15
2	19.8	3:25	11:14
3	19.8	3:27	11:13
4	19.7	3:28	11:12
5	19.7	3:30	11:10
6	19.6	3:31	11:09
7	19.6	3:33	11:08
8	19.5	3:35	11:06
9	19.5	3:37	11:04
10	19.4	3:39	11:03
11	19.3	3:41	11:01
12	19.3	3:44	10:59
13	19.2	3:46	10:57
14	19.1	3:48	10:55
15	19.0	3:51	10:52
16	18.9	3:53	10:50
17	18.9	3:56	10:48
18	18.8	3:58	10:45
19	18.7	4:01	10:43
20	18.6	4:04	10:40
21	18.5	4:06	10:38
22	18.4	4:09	10:35
23	18.3	4:12	10:33
24	18.3	4:14	10:30
25	18.2	4:17	10:27
26	18.1	4:20	10:24
27	18.0	4:23	10:21
28	17.9	4:26	10:19
29	17.8	4:29	10:16
30	17.7	4:32	10:13
31	17.6	4:35	10:10

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.85 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 — July's 4.85 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Vik?

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

1.5

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vik.

What to pack for Vik in July

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

In July, Vik sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Vik in July

The nearest coast averages about 11°C in July — 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 July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — 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

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

July 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	9	7
2	9	7
3	9	7
4	9	7
5	9	7
6	9	7
7	9	7
8	9	7
9	9	7
10	9	7
11	9	7
12	9	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	10	7
23	10	7
24	10	8
25	10	8
26	10	8
27	10	8
28	10	8
29	10	8
30	10	8
31	10	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	52	2
2	52	1
3	52	1
4	52	1
5	52	1
6	52	1
7	52	0
8	52	0
9	53	0
10	53	0
11	53	0
12	53	0
13	53	0
14	53	0
15	53	0
16	53	0
17	53	0
18	54	0
19	54	0
20	54	0
21	54	0
22	54	0
23	55	0
24	55	0
25	55	0
26	55	0
27	55	0
28	55	0
29	55	0
30	55	0
31	55	0

	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	9	7
2	9	7
3	9	7
4	9	7
5	9	7
6	9	7
7	9	7
8	9	7
9	9	7
10	9	7
11	9	7
12	9	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	10	7
23	10	7
24	10	8
25	10	8
26	10	8
27	10	8
28	10	8
29	10	8
30	10	8
31	10	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	52	2
2	52	1
3	52	1
4	52	1
5	52	1
6	52	1
7	52	0
8	52	0
9	53	0
10	53	0
11	53	0
12	53	0
13	53	0
14	53	0
15	53	0
16	53	0
17	53	0
18	54	0
19	54	0
20	54	0
21	54	0
22	54	0
23	55	0
24	55	0
25	55	0
26	55	0
27	55	0
28	55	0
29	55	0
30	55	0
31	55	0

	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	9	7
2	9	7
3	9	7
4	9	7
5	9	7
6	9	7
7	9	7
8	9	7
9	9	7
10	9	7
11	9	7
12	9	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	10	7
23	10	7
24	10	8
25	10	8
26	10	8
27	10	8
28	10	8
29	10	8
30	10	8
31	10	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	52	2
2	52	1
3	52	1
4	52	1
5	52	1
6	52	1
7	52	0
8	52	0
9	53	0
10	53	0
11	53	0
12	53	0
13	53	0
14	53	0
15	53	0
16	53	0
17	53	0
18	54	0
19	54	0
20	54	0
21	54	0
22	54	0
23	55	0
24	55	0
25	55	0
26	55	0
27	55	0
28	55	0
29	55	0
30	55	0
31	55	0

	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