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CityCompass
Best time to be here: May to July. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days 2 °C, nights -2 °C
21 h sunshine · 4.9 h daylight
169 mm rain · 92% humidity
Days 2 °C, nights -2 °C
37 h sunshine · 8.1 h daylight
151 mm rain · 91% humidity
Days 3 °C, nights -1 °C
144 h sunshine · 11.2 h daylight
154 mm rain · 89% humidity
Days 5 °C, nights 1 °C
215 h sunshine · 14.6 h daylight
119 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 8 °C, nights 3 °C
254 h sunshine · 17.9 h daylight
93 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 12 °C, nights 7 °C
239 h sunshine · 20.3 h daylight
83 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 14 °C, nights 9 °C
204 h sunshine · 19.3 h daylight
99 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 13 °C, nights 8 °C
174 h sunshine · 16.1 h daylight
121 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 10 °C, nights 6 °C
109 h sunshine · 12.6 h daylight
181 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 6 °C, nights 3 °C
76 h sunshine · 9.3 h daylight
147 mm rain · 91% humidity
Days 3 °C, nights 0 °C
24 h sunshine · 5.9 h daylight
149 mm rain · 91% humidity
Days 2 °C, nights -1 °C
9 h sunshine · 3.6 h daylight
172 mm rain · 92% humidity
Living in Kópavogur means living under Iceland's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Iceland actually work for your taxes? It runs regimes like Foreign Expert 25 Percent Income Deduction, and whether they fit depends on your situation.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: May to July. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days 2 °C, nights -2 °C
21 h sunshine · 4.9 h daylight
169 mm rain · 92% humidity
Days 2 °C, nights -2 °C
37 h sunshine · 8.1 h daylight
151 mm rain · 91% humidity
Days 3 °C, nights -1 °C
144 h sunshine · 11.2 h daylight
154 mm rain · 89% humidity
Days 5 °C, nights 1 °C
215 h sunshine · 14.6 h daylight
119 mm rain · 87% humidity
Days 8 °C, nights 3 °C
254 h sunshine · 17.9 h daylight
93 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 12 °C, nights 7 °C
239 h sunshine · 20.3 h daylight
83 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 14 °C, nights 9 °C
204 h sunshine · 19.3 h daylight
99 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 13 °C, nights 8 °C
174 h sunshine · 16.1 h daylight
121 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 10 °C, nights 6 °C
109 h sunshine · 12.6 h daylight
181 mm rain · 88% humidity
Days 6 °C, nights 3 °C
76 h sunshine · 9.3 h daylight
147 mm rain · 91% humidity
Days 3 °C, nights 0 °C
24 h sunshine · 5.9 h daylight
149 mm rain · 91% humidity
Days 2 °C, nights -1 °C
9 h sunshine · 3.6 h daylight
172 mm rain · 92% humidity
Living in Kópavogur means living under Iceland's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Iceland actually work for your taxes? It runs regimes like Foreign Expert 25 Percent Income Deduction, and whether they fit depends on your situation.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)