What is best time to visit iceland
Best Time to Visit Iceland - Pros + Cons of each season
people are always asking me oh and this
the best time to go to Iceland and I
literally think this is the hardest
question to answer because I love all
the seasons equally and for different
reasons so hmm ask someone else okay
this video is done no seriously this is
a really hard question for me to answer
I love all the seasons there's pros and
cons to each one but don't you worry
that's why we're here today I'm gonna go
through the pros and cons of each season
in Iceland so that you can decide the
best time to visit Iceland painting my
salon my name is Jeanie and I'm your
tour guide for all things Iceland
planning today we are talking about the
best time to visit Iceland the first
thing that you guys need to know before
we get too far into this video is that
it really depends on what you want to
get out of your trip some people want to
see the Northern Lights
some people want to see the Midnight Sun
some people want this and that so the
answer will be different for all people
the next thing that we need to briefly
go over is that there are literally like
two seasons in Iceland winter and winter
light like there's not really a lot in
the middle there's like either snow on
the ground it's really cold or there's
not snow on the ground
but it's still really cold so mmm yeah
there's that anyway this is what you can
expect from each season let's get into
it
so your spring in Iceland is a very
short window it's anywhere between April
and May and it might not be the tip a
little spring like you're thinking about
with like flowers blooming and those
kinds of things because not a lot of
things grow in Iceland but this is gonna
be the time when most of the snow is
melted or melting and the temperatures
are starting to warm up a good thing
about this time of year is that the
daylight hours are increasing pros of
spring and Iceland
it's a dermalex tourists around so this
is before the big tour season which you
can expect less people also there's a
very slight chance that you might still
catch the Northern Lights it just
depends on how long they decide to stay
active
the major thing during this time of year
is that the daylight hours aren't
getting longer which means longer
exploring time which means awesome the
concept spring in Iceland is that it's
not going to be like the spring you
might be used to back home where you can
start busting out your shorts and maybe
wear a t-shirt no it's still quite cold
and I'm still usually wearing a really
warm coat during April next up is summer
everyone wants to see Iceland during
summer summer is about June until August
big pro of this time is those long
summer days and yes I'm talking about
the Midnight Sun the longest day is June
20th which means that there is literally
24 hours of daylight during that time
obviously the wetter weather is a lot
better during this time of year and also
everything is beautiful so the
landscapes are green some of the flowers
might still be blooming it's just a
really really pretty time in Iceland
there's also a lot to do during this
time so there's
festivals and activities and concerts
and all these kind of things that are
going on around Reykjavik and the whole
country another big bonus to coming in
summer is up there access to the
Highland roads of our opening up so
Louis F roads that we talked about you
can finally travel on them starting
usually around you cons of summer are
pretty straightforward
number one it's peak tourist season and
so you're gonna see a lot of other
travelers traveling around the country
it's gonna be busy at those attractions
salió it's awesome talking to you
another big downside about summer in
Iceland is that the prices are a lot
higher so everything from rental cars to
hotels to food I mean wasn't it is
expensive enough escolhas yeah the
prices go up in the summer I just have
to say that again the summer weather is
not really a thing it never really gets
that warm in Iceland I mean I'm talking
like I like taken off my long sleeves I
don't know like a handful of times that
I can remember maybe like three or five
times and that was while I was hiking
the Sun was shining in the middle of
July so it still isn't getting that warm
oh my god I love autumn in Iceland I
love it so much so true autumn is really
hard to time because the you know the
peak colors that everyone will wanna see
is hard to predict but in general the
autumn season is from August until
October the pros in this time of year is
yeah the Northern Lights start coming
out the end that's enough reason right
and that also means that the sky is
getting a little bit darker so you're
losing some daylight hours but also
you're getting the trade-off of being
able to see the beautiful aurora worth
it obviously they'll be less tourists at
this time of year and also the prices
are getting a bit lower as well so yeh
the con of autumn in Iceland is that
though weather
not very good it's really unpredictable
and you could be expecting things like
high winds really really rainy Tong you
really ready this is probably the
rainiest season I think starting to get
cooler and possibly snow you never know
you just never know winter and Iceland I
personally love winter in Iceland so
much and you guys already know this but
so winter is running from October up
until March I told you this is a long
season one of the million season there's
a lot of things going on during this
time so the pros of winter in Iceland is
that it's absolutely stunning
like literally the snowy landscapes to
die for the only thing to know is that
because of the Gulf Stream effect just
because you're coming in winter it does
not mean that it's gonna be snowy all
the time you know a lot of people are
coming to Iceland and expecting this and
then sometimes it's just raining one
thing you can count on though is the
darkness so the daylight hours really
start decreasing during the winter and
goes all the way down to four hours of
daylight in the middle of December
that's also a crazy time of the year and
something that I think everyone should
experience now with these darker hours
means of the sky is absolutely brilliant
so these golden hours are really really
beautiful and they're lasting for a long
time so that even when the Sun does come
up it's not very high in the sky and
this is generally casting this really
calm beautiful glow over the landscape
some major pros of this time of the year
Northern Lights ice cave tours frozen
waterfalls all of those things are so
beautiful also you have things like
Christmas and New Year's which is an
amazing time to be visiting Iceland so
the limited daylight hours means limited
exploring time so this is such a big
bummer because a lot of people will want
to cram a lot of things into that I
wrote inner Airy but if you're coming
and there's not a lot of daylight hours
it's just not possible
obviously it's cold and the weather is
making travel really really difficult so
road closures huge storms and a lot of
things that you have to be prepared for
and have a plan before as well another
con of coming in the winter is that the
beautiful areas of the Highlands and all
those F roads at harvick look hard to
get to places are completely closed off
it all comes down to it doesn't matter
what time of year you choose to come to
Iceland it's gonna be amazing I promise
I promise there is always plenty of
beautiful nature to see any time of year
you can't be wrong that is it for today
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