Grytviken
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
An eerie, rusted whaling station turned museum at the bottom of the world.
Warmest month is January at 8°C on average. Coolest is July at 3°C.
Costs and travel essentials
- Flight timeMethodology16h from London HeathrowGreat-circle plus routing overhead.
- Flight CO2eDEFRA 2024 factors4,666 kg return from London HeathrowDEFRA 2024 economy factors, includes radiative forcing.
| Month | Avg high | Daily spread | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8° | 12°C | · |
| February | 8° | 11°C | · |
| March | 8° | 13°C | · |
| April | 7° | 19°C | · |
| May | 5° | 17°C | · |
| June | 4° | 16°C | · |
| July | 3° | 15°C | · |
| August | 5° | 13°C | · |
| September | 7° | 19°C | · |
| October | 8° | 18°C | · |
| November | 8° | 12°C | · |
| December | 7° | 12°C | · |
What to do
- Toast a glass of whiskey exactly at the grave of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton
- Wander among the giant rusting oil vats of the abandoned whaling settlement
- Visit the surprisingly curated and fascinating South Georgia Museum
- Send a postcard to your friends from one of the world's most remote post offices
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.