Qaanaaq
Greenland
A remote Arctic village of low, colourful houses spread across bare tundra slopes above a cold fjord, with glacier-capped mountains behind — one of the world's northernmost permanently inhabited communities and a base for dogsled travel.
- Population646
- Nearest water from center 3.7 km2.3 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 11 km7.0 mi
Nearest airports
Climate · monthly averages
J
-21°-6°
15mm0.6in
F
-22°-7°
15mm0.6in
M
-22°-7°
20mm0.7in
A
-15°5°
20mm0.8in
M
-7°20°
25mm0.9in
J
0°32°
35mm1.5in
J
3°37°
50mm1.9in
A
1°34°
55mm2.2in
S
-5°23°
25mm1.0in
O
-11°12°
30mm1.2in
N
-16°3°
20mm0.9in
D
-19°-3°
20mm0.8in
Avg temp · total precipitation, 1991–2020 monthly normals · ERA5-Land · methodology ↗