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The climate of Reykjavík (Iceland)
Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland. With a population of more than 100,000 it is also the largest city in the country. Reykjavik is located in the southwestern part of Iceland. Characteristic for the city is the spacious layout where low rise buildings alternate with parks, squares and all kinds of facilities for the local people. The most important sources of income are tourism, trade, services and fishery. The city is known as a modern and cosy city with an excellent nightlife and low crime figures. Reykjavik has a cool maritime climate (type Cfc according to the Köppen climate classification) with fairly mild winters and cool summers. During the winter daytime temperatures are around freezing point. Nighttime temperatures are just below freezing point. When there is a strong northerly current that supplies cold polar air temperatures during the night may drop to -20 degrees Celsius or even lower. Reykjavik gets about 1,300 hours of annual sunshine, 800 millimeters of annual precipitation and 225 rainy days per year. Because of the supply of a large number of depressions that pass over Iceland at a rapid pace there is also a large number of windy days. Especially autumns may be very bleak in Reykjavik. Summers are fairly cool with average maximum temperatures of 13 degrees Celsius. From the end of June till the beginning of August temperatures may rise to 25 degrees Celsius in extreme cases.

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Reykjavík.

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	1	-4	1	18		4
February	2	-3	2	16		3
March	3	-2	3	19		3
April	5	-1	4	18		3
May	9	3	6	16		4
June	11	6	5	17		6
July	13	7	6	17		8
August	12	7	5	18		8
September	9	4	4	18		7
October	6	1	2	20		5
November	2	-2	1	18		5
December	1	-4	0	20		4
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
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September
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