Country guide

Faroe Islands

Grass-roofed villages and sea-cliff drama halfway between Iceland and Norway; come for puffins, waterfalls and moody North Atlantic weather.

Currency

DKK

Language

Faroese

+ Danish

English

Everywhere

Payment

Cards everywhere

Power

Type C / F / K

230 V, 50 Hz

Dialing

+298

Destinations

Faroe Islands

Torshavn

A capital you can walk across in an hour, where the government still works from turf-roofed timber houses on the rock where Norse settlers held their assembly.

✓ best Aug

Climate zones, month by month

Faroe Islands has 1 distinct climate zone. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.

Torshavn →

Jan

6°

2°

167mm

21d rain

Feb

6°

2°

131mm

17d rain

Mar

6°

2°

130mm

19d rain

Apr

8°

3°

95mm

15d rain

May

9°

5°

70mm

12d rain

Jun

11°

7°

63mm

9d rain

Jul

13°

9°

71mm

11d rain

Aug

13°

9°

93mm

13d rain

Sep

12°

8°

118mm

16d rain

Oct

10°

6°

147mm

19d rain

Nov

8°

4°

155mm

20d rain

Dec

7°

2°

158mm

20d rain

✓ Best Aug · ✗ Avoid Dec-Mar

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions