Hafnarfjörður
City in Iceland: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
HafnarfjörðurHarbourView: Udm, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Hafnarfjörður is a city in Iceland, in Capital Region. About 31,525 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Iceland in our atlas.
It lies at 64.07° N, 21.94° W, about 39 m (128 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Atlantic/Reykjavik time zone. At this high latitude, summer days are very long and winter days very short.
Location
Red dot: Hafnarfjörður. Green dots: other major cities of Iceland. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Hafnarfjörður has a subpolar oceanic climate (Köppen Cfc). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 14°C (56°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about -2°C (29°F). Around 1,638 mm (64 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3416706 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q103725 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- HafnarfjörðurHarbourView: Udm, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)