Akureyri Weather in August
Average highs run from 10°C on August 1 to 7°C on August 31, and lows from 4°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 99 mm over about 19 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 8°C
- Average low
- 3°C
- Precipitation
- 99 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 19°CAug 11, 2004
- Reanalysis low
- -3°CAug 10, 1993
- Daylight
- 18 h 31 min to 14 h 52 min
- Cloud cover
- 78%
- Humidity
- 89%
- Dew point
- 4°C
- Wind
- 12.2 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 10°C | 4°C | 17°C 1991 | -2°C 2013 | 61% |
| Aug 2 | 10°C | 4°C | 16°C 1991 | 0°C 2014 | 60% |
| Aug 3 | 10°C | 4°C | 15°C 2019 | 1°C 2007 | 59% |
| Aug 4 | 10°C | 4°C | 17°C 1999 | 2°C 2013 | 59% |
| Aug 5 | 10°C | 4°C | 16°C 1999 | 1°C 2013 | 59% |
| Aug 6 | 9°C | 4°C | 15°C 1999 | 1°C 2000 | 60% |
| Aug 7 | 9°C | 4°C | 13°C 1995 | 0°C 2013 | 60% |
| Aug 8 | 9°C | 4°C | 13°C 2000 | 0°C 1997 | 62% |
| Aug 9 | 9°C | 4°C | 16°C 2004 | -2°C 1993 | 62% |
| Aug 10 | 9°C | 4°C | 18°C 2004 | -3°C 1993 | 62% |
| Aug 11 | 9°C | 3°C | 19°C 2004 | -1°C 1993 | 62% |
| Aug 12 | 9°C | 3°C | 18°C 2004 | 0°C 1993 | 60% |
| Aug 13 | 9°C | 3°C | 18°C 1997 | -1°C 1993 | 60% |
| Aug 14 | 9°C | 3°C | 15°C 1997 | -1°C 1993 | 59% |
| Aug 15 | 9°C | 3°C | 14°C 2012 | -1°C 1993 | 59% |
| Aug 16 | 9°C | 3°C | 17°C 2020 | -1°C 1993 | 59% |
| Aug 17 | 9°C | 3°C | 16°C 2020 | -1°C 1996 | 60% |
| Aug 18 | 8°C | 3°C | 13°C 2006 | 0°C 2013 | 61% |
| Aug 19 | 8°C | 3°C | 12°C 2006 | -1°C 2017 | 62% |
| Aug 20 | 8°C | 3°C | 13°C 2006 | -2°C 2019 | 63% |
| Aug 21 | 8°C | 3°C | 11°C 2012 | -3°C 2009 | 64% |
| Aug 22 | 8°C | 2°C | 11°C 2006 | -3°C 2009 | 64% |
| Aug 23 | 8°C | 2°C | 12°C 2017 | -1°C 2009 | 64% |
| Aug 24 | 8°C | 2°C | 13°C 2003 | -2°C 1991 | 64% |
| Aug 25 | 8°C | 2°C | 13°C 2003 | -2°C 1995 | 66% |
| Aug 26 | 7°C | 2°C | 11°C 2003 | -2°C 1992 | 67% |
| Aug 27 | 7°C | 2°C | 10°C 2014 | -3°C 2005 | 67% |
| Aug 28 | 7°C | 2°C | 10°C 1998 | -3°C 2005 | 68% |
| Aug 29 | 7°C | 2°C | 12°C 1998 | -2°C 2010 | 68% |
| Aug 30 | 7°C | 2°C | 11°C 2011 | -3°C 2018 | 69% |
| Aug 31 | 7°C | 2°C | 11°C 1991 | -2°C 2005 | 71% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT).
- August 1
- sunrise 4:02 AM, sunset 10:33 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 5:46 AM, sunset 8:38 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.