Nuuk
Greenland
Greenland's tiny capital mixes brightly painted wooden houses with stark modern architecture against a backdrop of deeply carved fjords.
Warmest month is July at 12°C on average. Coolest is February at -6°C. Driest reading falls in May with 8 rain days.
Costs and travel essentials
- CoffeeWorld Bank PPP baseline$3.25 (~$3.25)Country-level price estimate for Greenland, 2026-07-11. Scaled from a US baseline, not a local survey.
- $4.50 (~$4.50)Country-level price estimate for Greenland, 2026-07-11. Scaled from a US baseline, not a local survey.
- Flight timeMethodology5h from London HeathrowGreat-circle plus routing overhead.
- Flight CO2eDEFRA 2024 factors989 kg return from London HeathrowDEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
| Month | Avg high | Daily spread | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5° | 13°C | 12 |
| February | -6° | 15°C | 11 |
| March | -3° | 15°C | 10 |
| April | 2° | 9°C | 10 |
| May | 4° | 9°C | 8 |
| June | 8° | 10°C | 12 |
| July | 12° | 10°C | 10 |
| August | 11° | 8°C | 10 |
| September | 7° | 8°C | 12 |
| October | 3° | 9°C | 10 |
| November | -1° | 11°C | 11 |
| December | -2° | 11°C | 10 |
What to do
- Visit the Greenland National Museum to see the Qilakitsoq mummies
- Take a boat tour deep into the Nuup Kangerlua fjord system
- Dine on local muskox and Arctic char at a harbor-side restaurant
How we know this
Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Daily spread is the width between the 10th and 90th percentiles of daily highs, not a forecast error margin. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.