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Zermatt vs Reykjavík

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Comparing Zermatt change · Reykjavík change

Bottom line

Zermatt and Reykjavík have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Reykjavík is the wetter, with 691 mm more rain a year, and Zermatt the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 1°C on the year
Wetter Reykjavík 691 mm more a year
Sunnier Zermatt 14 pp less cloud
Colder winters Zermatt 5°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Zermatt and Reykjavík, in everyday terms.

Summers

Zermatt has much hotter summers

Zermatt: Mild
Reykjavík: Cool

Winters

Reykjavík has much milder winters

Zermatt: Very cold
Reykjavík: Cold

Rain & snow

Reykjavík is wetter

Zermatt: Moderate rainfall
Reykjavík: Wet

Sky

Zermatt is sunnier

Zermatt: Often cloudy
Reykjavík: Often grey

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Zermatt and Reykjavík run remarkably close all year.

-20°-10°10°20°30° JanAprJulOct ZermattReykjavík

Precipitation

Reykjavík is the wetter — about 691 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 075150 JanAprJulOct ZermattReykjavík

Clear skies

Zermatt has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct ZermattReykjavík

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°C) Zermatt runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Zermatt1261014182020151152
Reykjavík3346912141311754
Difference+2+1-2-3-5-6-6-6-4-4-1+2
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Zermatt126101418
Reykjavík3346912
Difference+2+1-2-3-5-6
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Zermatt2020151152
Reykjavík141311754
Difference-6-6-4-4-1+2
Avg low (°C) Reykjavík runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Zermatt-7-7-4-1378851-3-6
Reykjavík-1-2-214799630-1
Difference+6+5+2+2+1+1+1+3+6
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Zermatt-7-7-4-137
Reykjavík-1-2-2147
Difference+6+5+2+2+1
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Zermatt8851-3-6
Reykjavík99630-1
Difference+1+1+3+6
Precipitation (mm) Reykjavík runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Zermatt423033407770596851576547
Reykjavík13312710975935095135128114149123
Difference+91+97+76+36+15-20+36+66+76+57+84+76
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Zermatt423033407770
Reykjavík133127109759350
Difference+91+97+76+36+15-20
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Zermatt596851576547
Reykjavík95135128114149123
Difference+36+66+76+57+84+76
Snowfall (cm)
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Zermatt
Reykjavík284029121000012130
Difference
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Zermatt
Reykjavík2840291210
Difference
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Zermatt
Reykjavík00012130
Difference
Cloud cover (%) Reykjavík runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Zermatt686968697265595961667171
Reykjavík858282797679817979788284
Difference+17+14+13+10+4+14+22+21+18+11+10+13
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Zermatt686968697265
Reykjavík858282797679
Difference+17+14+13+10+4+14
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Zermatt595961667171
Reykjavík817979788284
Difference+22+21+18+11+10+13
Relative humidity (%) Reykjavík runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Zermatt838386827875747578808583
Reykjavík888786848383858686888888
Difference+5+4+2+5+8+10+11+8+8+3+4
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Zermatt838386827875
Reykjavík888786848383
Difference+5+4+2+5+8
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Zermatt747578808583
Reykjavík858686888888
Difference+10+11+8+8+3+4

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Zermatt trends → · Reykjavík trends →

Methodology & sources

Zermatt

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from a national meteorological service, measured at Zermatt, about 1 km from the city centre.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Reykjavík

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 11 years of daily observations at Keflavik, a weather station, about 39 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

How we build these numbers →