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Selfoss in April

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Selfoss is chilly: highs near 45°F, lows near 32°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 21 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Selfoss is chilly: highs near 7°C, lows near 0°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 21 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
45°F7°Caverage
Low
32°F0°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 58% of days
Daylight
14h 58mon average

Is April a good time to visit Selfoss?

April sits outside Selfoss'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 37°F to 59°F through the year.Highs near 7°C in April, against 3°C to 15°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

58% of days in April, against 50% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

67% cover in April, against 61% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

14h 58m in April, against 4h 26m to 20h 41m 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. March39°4°low 28°low -2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. April45°7°low 32°low 0°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. May51°11°low 38°low 3°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Selfoss sits, in April

Atlantic/Reykjavik
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:56 AMsets 8:52 PM
Above the sea
95 mlow-lying
Latitude
63.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Hella32 km east

The land around Selfoss, 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 Selfoss

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Selfoss. 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 (95 m) against the climate model's (15 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 (95 m) against the climate model's (15 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.