Climate: Thanks to the Gulf Stream, Iceland enjoys a cool temperate ocean climate: cool in summer and fairly mild in winter. The warm North Atlantic Current ensures generally higher temperatures than in most places of similar latitude in the world. The winters are mild and windy while the summers are damp and cool. Summer is fresh with medium temperatures 10°C-11°C but winter is relatively mild with averages temperatures around 0°C.

The polar infuences, in the north of the country, give rigid winter, nearly nonexistent summer and insufficient rains (400 milimeter annual); in the southern regions, south and south-west winds mitigate the temperatures and bring plentiful precipitations, until to 1 200 milimeter annual. The warmth current of the Gulf, lap the western and southern coasts raising the winter temperatures, but carrying thick and persistent fogs. There are some variations in the climate between different parts of the island. Very generally speaking, the south coast is warmer, wetter and windier than the north. Low lying inland areas in the north are the most arid. Snowfall in winters is more common in the north than the south. The Central Highlands are the coldest part of the country.