Climate averages 1991–2020
Reykjavík weather
in June.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a cool month in Reykjavík: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 20 h 50 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tórshavn (795 km away). In June its highs average 10.6°C, 2.1°C cooler than Reykjavík, with 46 mm of rain.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
June in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Reykjavík climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 124 | 17.9 | 5.55 h |
| February | 1.2°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 123 | 16.8 | 8.58 h |
| March | 2.4°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 114 | 16.9 | 11.712 h |
| April | 5.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 90 | 15.3 | 15.015 h |
| May | 9.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 83 | 14.8 | 18.418 h |
| June, selected | 12.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 69 | 12.8 | 20.821 h |
| July | 14.4°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 76 | 13.3 | 19.720 h |
| August | 13.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 93 | 14.9 | 16.416 h |
| September | 10.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 126 | 16.8 | 13.113 h |
| October | 6.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 111 | 14.8 | 9.810 h |
| November | 2.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 113 | 15.5 | 6.67 h |
| December | 1.2°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 124 | 16.5 | 4.44 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
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June in nearby cities
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Reykjavík) is explained once on the Reykjavík year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.