Akureyri climate — normals and trends
Akureyri (Iceland) has a tundra climate (ET) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.2 °C and it receives 1,124 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (8.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Akureyri averages 226 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 191 rainy days per year.
Akureyri has warmed by +3.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.42 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 254 to 198 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 22.5 °C (on 14 July 2025) and the coldest -27.1 °C (on 20 January 1966).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AkureyriNortheast
- coords
- 65.68°, -18.09°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.2°C
Average daily high
2.6°C
Average daily low
-2.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,124mm
Sunshine / day
6.2h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
9.7km/h
Seasonal range
14.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
226 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
191 d/yr
Annual snowfall
543.0 cm
Average feels-like high
-0.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.0 °C
Average peak gust
39.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.6 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
22.5 °C
14 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.1 °C
20 January 1966
Wettest day
79 mm
10 September 2012
Windiest day
37.1 km/h
3 February 1991
Strongest gust
131.8 km/h
6 February 2025
Hottest feels-like
22.9 °C
5 July 1991
Coldest feels-like
-32.2 °C
20 January 1966
Snowiest day
55.0 cm
10 September 2012
Sunniest day
21.2 h
29 June 1989
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 111 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 1.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 84 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 0.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 78 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 2.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 87 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 10.1 °C | +6.2 °C | 72 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 7.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 210 mm | +148 mm |
| Jul | 15.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 108 mm | +31 mm |
| Aug | 13.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 49 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 8.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 123 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 2.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 90 mm | -40 mm |
| Nov | -2.8 °C | -1.6 °C | 83 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 1.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 100 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Akureyri?
Akureyri has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.2 °C and it receives 1,124 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Akureyri?
The hottest day measured in Akureyri between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2025, reaching 22.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Akureyri?
The coldest day measured in Akureyri between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1966, at -27.1 °C.
Does it snow in Akureyri?
Yes. Akureyri gets on average 543.0 cm of snow per year and has around 226 frost days.
Has the climate of Akureyri warmed?
Yes: Akureyri warmed by +3.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Akureyri?
The wettest day measured in Akureyri between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 2012, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Akureyri?
The windiest day measured in Akureyri between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1991, with winds reaching 37.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Akureyri?
The warmest month in Akureyri is July (8.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Akureyri?
Akureyri receives on average 1,124 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 191 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Akureyri?
Akureyri gets on average 6.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,263 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Akureyri?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Akureyri between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 2012, with 55.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Akureyri?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Akureyri.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Akureyri?
In Akureyri, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 22.9 °C on 5 July 1991, and the lowest was -32.2 °C on 20 January 1966.
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