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Cities / Iceland

Kopavogur

IcelandDfc
© OpenStreetMap, CARTO
Kopavogur coordinate map

Kopavogur at a glance

Local time   · Atlantic/Reykjavik
Today
Drizzle12° / 10°
Travel basics
Tap water
Safe to drink
Electricity
230V/50Hz · Type C / F
Drives on
Right
Currency
ISK kr
Language
Icelandic
US passport
Visa-free

Entry rules change. Verify current requirements before booking.

City context
Population
40K
Climate
Dfc
IcelandDetails and sources →

Why visit

Visit Kopavogur for Sky Lagoon and the easy Reykjavik-area soak. It is close enough to fit around city time, airport movement, or a weather-shifted Iceland day. The value is convenience with a view: hot water, ocean edge, and no need to turn the stop into a full municipal itinerary.

When to avoid

Do not visit Kopavogur expecting it to replace Reykjavik as the main base. The atlas reason is narrow and spa-led. Book ahead and check transport. If Sky Lagoon is full, too expensive, or badly timed, the separate Kopavogur page has less work to do.

Plan Kopavogur

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Kopavogur

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today
Drizzle
12° / 10°
UV Moderate
Wed
Overcast
13° / 10°
UV Moderate
Thu
Drizzle
13° / 11°
16.3 mm
Fri
Showers
12° / 10°
18.0 mm
Sat
Drizzle
10° / 6°
UV Moderate
Sun
Overcast
9° / 5°
UV Moderate
Mon
Overcast
11° / 7°
UV Moderate

Climate

Summer (Jun-Aug)

Typical highs around 13°C, lows around 8°C. The drier end of the year.

Cold and damp season (Nov-Mar)

Typical highs around 2°C, lows around -1°C. Most of the year’s greyest, wettest weeks.

In August 4

Drag to scrub across the year.

JFMAMJJASOND
Weather
13° / 8°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
16.5h
05:16 – 21:48local
Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest RKV · 3 km

Getting around Kopavogur

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators
Strætó BS

Operators and modes are aggregated from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications come from each feed’s route type codes.

About Kopavogur

Kópavogur is a town in Iceland that is the country's second-largest municipality by population.

Iceland basics →Country context, advisories, and entry links for the practicalities shown above.
References4▾▴

The links below support the changing or licensed reference material on this page. Personal notes and ordinary geographic facts are not footnoted individually.

  1. City background. Wikipedia summary may be clipped or paraphrased. Structured fields are cross-checked against the related references. Related: Wikidata, IANA Time Zone Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  2. Weather and climate. Seven-day forecast and long-term monthly climate for the city coordinates. Related: NASA POWER.
JFMAMJJASOND16°-4°
highlowrainfallcomfortable months

Monthly highs, lows, rainfall — long-term averages, NASA POWER.

, Open-Meteo license
  • Getting around. Transit operators from agency GTFS feeds and nearby commercial-airport reference data. Related: OurAirports.
  • Public holidays. Upcoming public-holiday dates used in the annual planning scrubber.

    • Maps, image licenses, and the full dataset registry are listed in site credits.