Weekdays pass relatively quietly in the capital and typically involve café hopping and brushing up on Icelandic culture (at the National Museum), art (at the National Gallery), or spending a cheeky afternoon looking at more intimate aspects of the nation´s fauna (at the Icelandic Phallalogical Museum).
Come the weekend, and the city centre erupts. Reykjavik´s nightlife is legendary and covers everything from raucous vodka dens to chic designer bars - best (but lethally) sampled on a traditional runtur (
| Avg. temp. |
Sunshine daily avg. |
Rainfall | Humidity | |
| Jan | 1.8 | |||
| Feb | 2.5 | |||
| Mar | 4 | |||
| Apr | 6.2 | |||
| May | 9.8 | |||
| Jun | 12.4 | |||
| Jul | 13.9 | |||
| Aug | 13.6 | |||
| Sep | 11 | |||
| Oct | 7.4 | |||
| Nov | 4.1 | |||
| Dec | 2.4 |
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