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Fagurhólsmýri in August

Cool and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Fagurhólsmýri is cool: highs near 57°F, lows near 47°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 3 hours 7 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Fagurhólsmýri is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 3 hours 7 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
57°F14°Caverage
Low
47°F8°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 75% of days
Daylight
16h 12mon average

Is August a good time to visit Fagurhólsmýri?

Yes. August is one of Fagurhólsmýri's mildest months (June to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 57°F in August, against 38°F to 57°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in August, against 3°C to 14°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

75% of days in August, against 62% to 75% through the year.

Cloud cover

65% cover in August, against 62% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

16h 12m in August, against 4h 27m to 20h 40m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the mildest months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July57°14°low 47°low 8°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. August57°14°low 47°low 8°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. September53°12°low 43°low 6°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Fagurhólsmýri sits, in August

Atlantic/Reykjavik
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
4:57 AMsets 9:26 PM
Above the sea
100 mlow-lying
Latitude
63.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Hvolsvöllur155 km west

The land around Fagurhólsmýri, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Iceland in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Fagurhólsmýri

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Fagurhólsmýri. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (100 m) against the climate model's (241 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (100 m) against the climate model's (241 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.