Kangerlussuaq

Greenland
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
Photo: Vincent van Zeijst CC BY-SA 3.0 source More images ↗

A little Greenlandic village of colourful corrugated buildings set against bare, snow-streaked rock faces, serving as a gateway to vast Arctic wilderness and a nearby UNESCO-recognised ice sheet landscape.

  • Population508
  • Nearest water from center 5.0 km3.1 mi
  • Nearest mountain from center 3.7 km2.3 mi
Climate · monthly averages
J
-21°-5°
15mm0.5in
F
-21°-6°
10mm0.4in
M
-17°
10mm0.4in
A
-8°17°
15mm0.6in
M
35°
25mm1.0in
J
49°
35mm1.5in
J
12°53°
45mm1.8in
A
48°
50mm1.9in
S
35°
35mm1.3in
O
-6°21°
25mm0.9in
N
-14°
20mm0.8in
D
-18°-1°
15mm0.6in
Avg temp · total precipitation, 1991–2020 monthly normals · ERA5-Land · methodology ↗