What is the favorite season to travel to Iceland?

Arabiaweather.com - Ismail Ghasemi - Iceland is known to be very cold, but it has the highest temperatures among most places at a similar latitude in the world. And with Iceland's unique geological formation, also take into account the potential activity of volcanoes.

The country enjoys cold, windy winters and mild summers typical of Scandinavia, but there are some differences in climate between different parts of this charming island .

In many cases, the southern coast is warmer, more humid and windy than the northern region, and snowfall during the winter season is more common in northern Iceland.

The highest temperature ever recorded in this country was 30.5°C in 1939 on the southeastern coast, while it was -38°C in the northeastern Grímsstaðir region in 1918.

There is a seasonal change in the length of day and night in Iceland in a unique phenomenon. In the middle of winter there is a period of dark days as a Scandinavian phenomenon called "polar nights", and in this period you can see the aurora, or the northern lights .

In the middle of summer, the opposite occurs when sunlight prevails most of the hours of the day during the months of June and July, and the peak of these days is called the "midnight sun" when darkness sets.

The most popular travel times in Iceland are during the summer months from May to August, when you can enjoy plenty of daylight, in addition to December for winter holidays and year-end holidays, but mostly Arab travelers prefer mild summer days.