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.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January-5°±7°12
February-6°±8°11
March-3°±8°10
April2°±5°10
May4°±5°8
June8°±5°12
July12°±5°10
August11°±4°10
September7°±4°12
October3°±5°10
November-1°±6°11
December-2°±6°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. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.