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Grindavík in April

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Grindavík is chilly: highs near 45°F, lows near 35°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 20 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Grindavík is chilly: highs near 7°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 20 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
45°F7°Caverage
Low
35°F2°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 61% of days
Daylight
14h 58mon average

Is April a good time to visit Grindavík?

April sits outside Grindavík's mildest months, which run from June to August. Expect chilly days and rain on about four days a week.

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 April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 45°F in April, against 40°F to 58°F through the year.Highs near 7°C in April, against 4°C to 14°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

61% of days in April, against 47% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

68% cover in April, against 62% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

14h 58m in April, against 4h 29m to 20h 37m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. March41°5°low 31°low -1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. April45°7°low 35°low 2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. May50°10°low 39°low 4°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Grindavík sits, in April

Atlantic/Reykjavik
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:02 AMsets 8:58 PM
Above the sea
30 mlow-lying
Latitude
63.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Reykjavik41 km north-east

The land around Grindavík, shaded by its typical high in April, 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 April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Grindavík

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 7 km north-west of Grindavík. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.