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Reykjavik in October

Chilly and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Reykjavik is chilly: highs near 48°F, lows near 37°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 2 hours 18 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Reykjavik is chilly: highs near 9°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 2 hours 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
48°F9°Caverage
Low
37°F3°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 56% of days
Daylight
9h 27mon average

Is October a good time to visit Reykjavik?

October sits outside Reykjavik'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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 48°F in October, against 37°F to 61°F through the year.Highs near 9°C in October, against 3°C to 16°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

56% of days in October, against 52% to 64% through the year.

Cloud cover

67% cover in October, against 61% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

9h 27m in October, against 4h 20m to 20h 51m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September55°13°low 43°low 6°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. October48°9°low 37°low 3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. November41°5°low 31°low -1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Reykjavik sits, in October

Atlantic/Reykjavik
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
8:15 AMsets 6:12 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
64.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Grindavík41 km south-west

The land around Reykjavik, shaded by its typical high in October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Reykjavik

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Reykjavik. 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (77 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (77 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.