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Flúðir in December

Cold and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Flúðir is cold: highs near 28°F, lows near 16°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.December in Flúðir is cold: highs near -2°C, lows near -9°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
28°F-2°Caverage
Low
16°F-9°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 60% of days
Daylight
4h 01mon average

Is December a good time to visit Flúðir?

A good month, just outside Flúðir's mildest months, which run from July 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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 28°F in December, against 28°F to 54°F through the year.Highs near -2°C in December, against -2°C to 12°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

60% of days in December, against 49% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

79% cover in December, against 67% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

4h 01m in December, against 4h 01m to 21h 18m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November31°-1°low 19°low -7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. December28°-2°low 16°low -9°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January29°-2°low 17°low -8°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Flúðir sits, in December

Atlantic/Reykjavik
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
11:14 AMsets 3:10 PM
Above the sea
680 mupland
Latitude
64.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Hella108 km south-west

The land around Flúðir, shaded by its typical high in December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Flúðir

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Flúðir. 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 (680 m) against the climate model's (772 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 (680 m) against the climate model's (772 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.