Nuuk
GreenlandET
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About
Nuuk is the capital and most populous city of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. It is the seat of the Sermersooq municipality and the government of Greenland and is the territory's largest cultural and economic center. In January 2025, it had a population of 20,113—more than a third of the territory's population—making it one of the smallest capital cities in the world by population.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nuuk, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Nuuk
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
Snow
3° / 0°
4.9 mm
UV Moderate
Sat
Snow
0° / -2°
2.3 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Drizzle
3° / -2°
UV Moderate
Mon
Overcast
3° / 0°
UV Moderate
Tue
Overcast
2° / 1°
UV Moderate
Wed
Overcast
7° / 2°
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
12° / -10°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
18.3h
05:14 – 23:31local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Nuuk
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Nuuk International Airport (GOH) at 3 km.
Getting around Nuuk
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
B MetroNuup Bussii A/S
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 4.0, SaluteVII and Jack Ryan Morris.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.