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Grindavík in August

Cool and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Grindavík is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 48°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 3 hours 7 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Grindavík is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 3 hours 7 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
48°F9°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 50% of days
Daylight
16h 11mon average

Is August a good time to visit Grindavík?

Yes. August is one of Grindavík'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 58°F in August, against 40°F to 58°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in August, against 4°C to 14°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

50% of days in August, against 47% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

65% cover in August, against 62% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

16h 11m in August, against 4h 29m to 20h 37m 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. July58°14°low 48°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August58°14°low 48°low 9°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September54°12°low 45°low 7°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Grindavík sits, in August

Atlantic/Reykjavik
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:20 AMsets 9:49 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 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 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.