Originally Posted by qmiro
I was reading this thread and am now thinking of stopping over in Reyk on my way back from Denmark in December. I will be flying Icelandair out of BWI and so will take advantage of their free stopovers.
Does anyone know if it is extremely cold there in December? I mean so cold that you can't do anything kind of thing? From reading online it seems it's only 35 degrees F which should not be so bad, that's like the East Coast in the US basically!
Any info?
I wouldn't worry too much about it being cold. It's normally alright around the coastline due to the warming effect of the Gulf Stream that (still) runs up the Atlantic Ocean and up to Iceland. Actually, I would not be surprised if it were colder in Scandinavia around that time of the year. It might be an idea to bring something windproof to wear as it can get a bit windy --- and you might even get a bit of snow if you're lucky!