Garður Weather in August
Garður in August
The short of it: Garður in August averages a high of 13 °C (56 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 68 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 16 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 9° · rain 68 mm · daylight 16 h 21 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Garður an average August high of 13°, a low of 9° and some 68 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 13°, nights near 9°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 68 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Garður runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Sandgerði, 5 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
August in Garður, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 20 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 4°
- Snow season
- Dec–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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SandgerðiSouthern Peninsula | 5 km SW | 13° | 9° | 69 mm |
| KeflavíkSouthern Peninsula | 8 km SSE | 13° | 9° | 70 mm |
| ReykjanesbærSouthern Peninsula | 9 km SSE | 13° | 9° | 72 mm |
| VogarSouthern Peninsula | 16 km SE | 13° | 9° | 74 mm |
| GrindavíkSouthern Peninsula | 28 km SSE | 14° | 9° | 77 mm |
| ÁlftanesCapital Region | 31 km E | 13° | 9° | 72 mm |
| SeltjarnarnesCapital Region | 33 km ENE | 13° | 9° | 73 mm |
| HafnarfjörðurCapital Region | 35 km E | 14° | 9° | 75 mm |