Ittoqqortoormiit climate

Name: Ittoqqortoormiit
Address: East Greenland, Greenland

Greenland · East Greenland · 70.485° N, 21.962° W

Köppen ETtundraPolar & alpine

One of Earth's most isolated towns: dry polar tundra, sea-ice-locked most of the year, frigid and wind-scoured.

Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 49°F / 9°C

Coldest month

March, 3°F / -16°C

Annual swing

45°F / 25°C

Wettest month

January

Driest month

May

Rain per year

6.4" / 162 mm

Snow per year

199.6" / 5070 mm

Elevation

121 ft / 37 m

Time zone

America/Scoresbysund

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	16 / -9	5 / -15	0.01 / 0	32.8 / 834	62%	7.2 / 11.6	68%
February	14 / -10	5 / -15	0.02 / 1	27.0 / 686	61%	6.7 / 10.8	71%
March	13 / -10	3 / -16	0.01 / 0	17.3 / 438	55%	5.6 / 9.0	62%
April	27 / -3	17 / -8	0.08 / 2	12.3 / 313	60%	4.8 / 7.7	55%
May	32 / 0	25 / -4	0.07 / 2	4.8 / 122	70%	3.5 / 5.6	58%
June	43 / 6	36 / 2	1.48 / 38	5.9 / 150	76%	3.8 / 6.1	64%
July	49 / 9	41 / 5	1.64 / 42	2.1 / 53	78%	4.0 / 6.4	68%
August	48 / 9	40 / 5	1.73 / 44	1.9 / 47	76%	4.0 / 6.4	61%
September	38 / 3	31 / -1	0.58 / 15	23.2 / 588	75%	5.2 / 8.4	68%
October	30 / -1	22 / -5	0.74 / 19	21.6 / 548	70%	6.1 / 9.8	70%
November	23 / -5	14 / -10	0.01 / 0	23.7 / 602	63%	6.0 / 9.7	68%
December	18 / -8	7 / -14	0.01 / 0	27.1 / 688	57%	6.2 / 10.0	58%

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