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When to go to Tórshavn
When to go
What the averages say
No month in Tórshavn averages a high of 18°C or more; the warmest, August, averages 12°C.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): October to May.
- The warmest month is August (12°C) and the coolest February (6°C). The wettest is December (130 mm) and the driest June (68 mm); about 1,182 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The model's grid cell here is mostly sea, so the daily high and low sit closer together than they do on land: afternoons ashore are usually warmer, and nights cooler.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCold
- FebCold
- MarCold
- AprCold
- MayCold
- JunCool
- JulCool
- AugCool
- SeptCool
- OctCold
- NovCold
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Tórshavn
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | 4°C | 123 mm | 82% | 87% | 0.2 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | 6°C | 4°C | 95 mm | 82% | 87% | 0.6 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 6°C | 4°C | 95 mm | 82% | 86% | 1.6 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 7°C | 5°C | 76 mm | 83% | 84% | 3 | 31°C | Cold |
| May | 8°C | 6°C | 73 mm | 84% | 85% | 4.2 | 35°C | Cold |
| June | 10°C | 9°C | 68 mm | 87% | 88% | 4.5 | 37°C | Cool |
| July | 12°C | 10°C | 82 mm | 90% | 90% | 4.1 | 39°C | Cool |
| August | 12°C | 10°C | 95 mm | 89% | 86% | 3.3 | 39°C | Cool |
| September | 11°C | 10°C | 110 mm | 88% | 85% | 2 | 37°C | Cool |
| October | 9°C | 8°C | 118 mm | 85% | 86% | 0.9 | 34°C | Cold |
| November | 8°C | 6°C | 117 mm | 84% | 86% | 0.2 | 29°C | Cold |
| December | 7°C | 5°C | 130 mm | 83% | 87% | 0.1 | 25°C | Cold |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Inverness524 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Aberdeen601 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Dundee653 kmGood for going: July
- Bergen671 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Akureyri687 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Glasgow698 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
- Edinburgh704 kmGood for going: July
- Stavanger762 kmNo month mild to warm and not wet
Plan it
Plan a trip to Tórshavn
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