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Fljót in January

Cold and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Fljót is cold: highs near 36°F, lows near 26°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 11 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Fljót is cold: highs near 2°C, lows near -3°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 11 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
36°F2°Caverage
Low
26°F-3°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 64% of days
Daylight
4h 35mon average

Is January a good time to visit Fljót?

A good month, just outside Fljót's mildest months, which run from June to September.

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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 36°F in January, against 35°F to 54°F through the year.Highs near 2°C in January, against 2°C to 12°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

64% of days in January, against 39% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

80% cover in January, against 66% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

4h 35m in January, against 3h 03m to 23h 26m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December36°2°low 26°low -3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January36°2°low 26°low -3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February35°2°low 25°low -4°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Fljót sits, in January

Atlantic/Reykjavik
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
11:13 AMsets 3:37 PM
Above the sea
160 mlow-lying
Latitude
66.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Flúðir152 km south

The land around Fljót, shaded by its typical high in January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Fljót

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Fljót. 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 (160 m) against the climate model's (225 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 (160 m) against the climate model's (225 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.