Qaqortoq

Greenland
Qaqortoq, Greenland
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Brightly painted wooden houses climb a rocky hillside above the water in this little Greenlandic town, offering a vivid Arctic townscape and access to the wider region's Norse and Inuit heritage sites.

  • Population3,224
  • Nearest water from center 2.4 km1.5 mi
  • Nearest mountain from center 1.7 km1.1 mi

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Climate · monthly averages
J
-9°16°
90mm3.5in
F
-9°16°
85mm3.4in
M
-7°19°
70mm2.8in
A
-2°29°
75mm2.9in
M
35°
65mm2.6in
J
42°
85mm3.3in
J
46°
95mm3.7in
A
46°
120mm4.8in
S
41°
135mm5.2in
O
33°
95mm3.7in
N
-5°22°
115mm4.5in
D
-8°17°
80mm3.2in
Avg temp · total precipitation, 1991–2020 monthly normals · ERA5-Land · methodology ↗

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