Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon

Iceland

A surreal glacial lake where massive blue icebergs break off and float toward the sea.

Warmest month is July at 14°C on average. Coolest is January at 3°C. Driest reading falls in June with 10 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January3°±4°14
February4°±4°18
March5°±4°14
April6°±4°13
May9°±3°14
June12°±3°10
July14°±3°12
August13°±2°12
September11°±3°16
October8°±3°15
November5°±4°14
December3°±5°13

What to do

  • Take a Zodiac boat tour among the icebergs
  • Photograph ice chunks scattered across Diamond Beach
  • Explore nearby crystal ice caves in winter

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.