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Hvolsvöllur in January

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Hvolsvöllur is chilly: highs near 41°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 35 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Hvolsvöllur is chilly: highs near 5°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 35 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
41°F5°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 72% of days
Daylight
5h 43mon average

Is January a good time to visit Hvolsvöllur?

January sits outside Hvolsvöllur's mildest months, which run from June to August. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about five 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 41°F in January, against 40°F to 58°F through the year.Highs near 5°C in January, against 4°C to 14°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

72% of days in January, against 61% to 75% through the year.

Cloud cover

76% cover in January, against 67% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

5h 43m in January, against 4h 39m to 20h 24m 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. December41°5°low 30°low -1°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January41°5°low 30°low -1°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. February40°4°low 30°low -1°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Hvolsvöllur sits, in January

Atlantic/Reykjavik
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
10:40 AMsets 4:14 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
63.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Hella51 km north-west

The land around Hvolsvöllur, 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
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Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Hvolsvöllur. 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 (10 m) against the climate model's (122 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 (10 m) against the climate model's (122 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.