Qaqortoq

    Greenland

    Southern Greenland's largest town climbs steep hillsides dotted with colorful homes and contemporary stone carvings.

    Warmest month is July at 14°C on average. Coolest is February at -3°C. Driest reading falls in May with 7 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.
    • BeerWorld Bank PPP baseline
      $4.50 (~$4.50)
      Country-level price estimate for Greenland, 2026-07-11. Scaled from a US baseline, not a local survey.
    • Flight timeMethodology
      4h 30m from London Heathrow
      Great-circle plus routing overhead.
    • Flight CO2eDEFRA 2024 factors
      899 kg return from London Heathrow
      DEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
    MonthAvg highDaily spreadRain days
    January-2°18°C12
    February-3°17°C11
    March0°14°C8
    April5°11°C8
    May9°11°C7
    June12°10°C10
    July14°9°C10
    August13°8°C8
    September9°8°C10
    October4°9°C8
    November2°13°C12
    December0°15°C10

    What to do

    • Walk the town to spot the 'Stone & Man' rock engravings
    • Charter a boat to soak in the nearby Uunartoq hot springs
    • Explore the well-preserved Hvalsey Norse church ruins

    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.