Iceland

Road Conditions and Alerts

A map showing winter road conditions in Iceland can be found at http://www.road.is/travel-info/road-conditions-and-weather/entire-iceland-road-conditions-map/.

Alerts about road conditions and weather can be found at: https://safetravel.is . You can even leave your travel plans with them so that Iceland Search and Rescue has some idea where to begin a search should trouble arise.

Weather and Climate

The following graphs are from weatherspark.com. Based on these graphs early June would be a good time to visit Iceland as you have the best chance of a clear sky, relatively low average rainfall, low winds, and little chance of snow. Even in June the daily chance of a clear to partly cloudy sky is only 40%. On June 21st Akureyri in northern Iceland gets 23.6 hours of daylight!


Average High and Low Temperatures in Iceland

Average High and Low Temperatures in Iceland - ©Weatherspark.com


Cloud Cover in Iceland

Chance of Clearer Skies in Iceland - ©Weatherspark.com


Daily Chance of Precipitation in Iceland

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Iceland - ©Weatherspark.com


Average Monthly Rainfall in Iceland

Average Monthly Rainfall in Iceland - ©Weatherspark.com


Average Monthly Snowfall in Iceland

Average Monthly Snowfall in Iceland - ©Weatherspark.com


Average Wind Speed in Iceland

Average Wind Speed in Iceland - ©Weatherspark.com


Five day weather forecasts for all of Iceland can be found at: http://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/areas/#view=map and a table showing hourly forecasts for specific locations can be found at: http://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/areas/#view=table .

Google Map of Iceland

Below is an overview map showing many areas of photographic interest.


Google Map of Iceland

To view the map in Google Maps please click anywhere on the map above.

Iceland 100K Topo Maps

Decollared topo maps are freely available for Iceland from the National Land Survey of Iceland. After you enter your name and email on the Iceland site you will get a link to the maps. Raster maps are available at the 50K, 100K, and 250K resolutions. The 50K maps are in Black and White so I choose to download 100K maps. The 100K maps use the EPSG3057 Iceland ISN93 grid. The maps can be converted to other formats using MAPC2MAPC. The current version (June 2017) of MAPC2MAPC does not directly support this grid so you need to add it manually. To do this proceed as follows:

  • In the Oruxmaps program folder there is a file "m2grids.txt"
  • Use an editor like Notepad to add this line to it
  • EPSG3057 Iceland ISN93,WGS 84,2,65,-19,500000,500000,1,0,7,7,64.25,65.75
  • Depending on your system you may need to save it elsewhere then copy back to the program folder.
  • Then open the TIF or TFW and on the TFW Parameters panel, and scroll down to select EPSG3057

Iceland is covered by 91 topo maps, with KORT 2 being the NW corner, and KORT 115 the SE. Kort means Map in Icelandic. Map numbers increase down and then across, e.g. KORT58 is below (south) of KORT57.

The maps can be downloaded in a variety of formats by clicking or right clicking below:

Geo Tiff/Avenza KMZ Oruxmaps
KORT 2 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 3 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 5 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 10 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 11 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 12 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 13 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 14 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 15 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 17 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 18 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 20 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 21 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 22 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 23 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 24 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 25 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 26 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 27 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 28 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 31 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 32 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 33 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 34 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 35 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 36 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 37 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 38 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 40 41 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 43 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 44 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 45 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 46 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 47 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 48 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 49 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 52 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 53 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 54 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 55 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 56 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 57 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 58 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 59 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 61 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 62 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 63 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 64 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 65 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 66 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 67 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 68 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 69 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 71 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 72 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 73 KMZ Oruxmap
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KORT 75 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 76 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 77 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 78 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 79 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 80 and 90 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 81 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 82 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 83 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 84 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 85 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 86 KMZ Oruxmap
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KORT 88 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 91 KMZ Oruxmap
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KORT 93 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 94 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 95 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 96 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 97 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 101 KMZ Oruxmap
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KORT 104 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 105 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 106 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 113 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 114 KMZ Oruxmap
KORT 115 KMZ Oruxmap
GRIMSEY KMZ Oruxmap
HVALBAKUR KMZ Oruxmap
KOLBEINSEY KMZ Oruxmap