Reykjavik Airport

BIRK · Capital Region, Iceland

Climate Reykjavik Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Reykjavik Airport (BIRK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.4 60 75 63 87 76
February 70.5 77 42 71 81 81
March 76.5 79 92 59 68 77
April 70.6 68 74 70 64
May 72.2 50 82 90 76
June 68.1 47 77 73 75
July 66.6 88 54 38 72
August 74.2 84 76 52 60
September 75.5 80 73 69 73
October 81.5 74 81 87 83
November 83.2 88 94 68 78
December 81.1 81 75 86 81
Average 72.9 73.8 70.5 72.2 69.2 73.3

5th best VFR conditions of Iceland

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.4 79 89 87 99 89
February 89.7 95 82 85 99 92
March 94.7 97 100 82 92 96
April 94.7 97 95 96 92
May 95.0 89 95 100 97
June 92.9 90 94 93 97
July 93.5 98 90 85 97
August 95.3 97 95 90 89
September 96.7 97 96 95 96
October 97.2 94 99 100 96
November 97.2 99 100 92 96
December 95.2 92 95 95 97
Average 94.1 92.1 93.8 92.8 93.7 94.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.5 3 1 3 2 3
February 3.1 2 5 1 4 2
March 3.7 5 2 4 5 2
April 7.2 9 8 6 7
May 9.6 10 11 9 10
June 12.0 12 12 11 13
July 13.8 15 13 13 13
August 13.6 16 13 15 14
September 11.1 12 12 11 10
October 7.6 8 7 8 8
November 4.7 6 8 4 4
December 2.6 2 0 3 4
Average 7.1 3.0 8.0 7.8 7.5 7.3

3rd highest temperature of Iceland

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -3.6 -2 -5 -1 -3 -2
February -2.6 -4 0 -4 1 -2
March -2.8 -1 -4 0 0 -2
April 2.2 3 3 1 1
May 4.6 6 5 3 5
June 7.3 8 8 7 8
July 9.3 9 9 10 9
August 8.9 9 8 11 9
September 6.2 6 7 7 5
October 3.2 3 3 3 4
November 0.5 1 3 0 0
December -2.1 -4 -6 -1 0
Average 2.4 -3.9 2.6 3.2 3.2 2.8

6th lowest temperature of Iceland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 28.2 36 21 43 10 29
February 27.1 16 43 33 16 22
March 21.5 19 10 38 27 20
April 27.5 29 22 22 29
May 22.2 35 16 12 20
June 21.3 26 19 24 19
July 16.2 4 18 18 13
August 17.1 14 19 17 26
September 22.9 20 18 31 25
October 18.9 17 16 19 17
November 17.1 9 17 27 18
December 18.1 20 9 22 14
Average 21.3 21.6 20.6 21.4 20.2 20.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.7 13 10 17 13 15
February 12.7 10 16 13 12 12
March 11.5 11 10 13 12 13
April 11.3 10 10 11 12
May 10.7 13 9 10 11
June 9.2 9 10 10 9
July 8.3 8 9 9 8
August 8.9 7 11 8 9
September 10.5 10 8 13 12
October 10.5 10 10 11 10
November 10.3 8 11 11 11
December 10.1 9 7 10 14
Average 10.4 11.2 9.8 10.2 10.4 10.6

3rd highest wind speed of Iceland

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 183° 175° 219° 052° 182°
February 071° 183° 112° 113° 076°
March 071° 051° 156° 095° 141°
April 114° 092° 148° 128°
May 214° 057° 091° 185°
June 223° 310° 118° 173°
July 345° 265° 189° 326°
August 307° 043° 176° 201°
September 138° 054° 177° 186°
October 085° 024° 049° 080°
November 088° 083° 094° 157°
December 120° 089° 115° 041°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.