Garðabær Weather in August
Garðabær in August
The short of it: Garðabær in August averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 74 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 16 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 9° · rain 74 mm · daylight 16 h 21 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Garðabær an average August high of 14°, a low of 9° and some 74 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 14°, nights near 9°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 74 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 21 min in mid-August, 202 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Garðabær runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Hafnarfjörður, 3 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Garðabær, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 12 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HafnarfjörðurCapital Region | 3 km SSW | 14° | 9° | 75 mm |
| KópavogurCapital Region | 3 km N | 14° | 9° | 74 mm |
| ÁlftanesCapital Region | 5 km WNW | 13° | 9° | 72 mm |
| ReykjavíkCapital Region | 5 km NNE | 14° | 9° | 75 mm |
| SeltjarnarnesCapital Region | 8 km NNW | 13° | 9° | 73 mm |
| MosfellsbærCapital Region | 14 km NE | 14° | 9° | 79 mm |
| GrundarhverfiCapital Region | 17 km NNE | 13° | 9° | 73 mm |
| VogarSouthern Peninsula | 25 km WSW | 13° | 9° | 74 mm |