Road conditions in Iceland, right now.

The Icelandic Road Administration (Vegagerðin) grades every serviced road in the country through the day. This is that map, in English: what is clear, what is slippery and what is closed, refreshed every five minutes. The official source stays umferdin.is; check it again before you set off, or call 1777 for road information.

Live from Vegagerðin, 2026-10-17 16:11 UTC. Refreshed every five minutes.

Every monitored road, coloured by its current condition. Tap a road to see what it's like. Zoom with ⌘/Ctrl and scroll, or two fingers on a phone.

What the terms mean

Vegagerðin's crews grade the roads and update the map from 07:00 to 22:00 between 1 October and 30 April, and from 08:00 to 16:00 the rest of the year. The wording below follows their own definitions.

Clear: Vegagerðin calls it 'easily passable': at least one wheel track in each lane free of ice, and too little snow elsewhere to matter.
Icy patches: Ice or packed snow on up to a fifth of the stretch, usually bridges and shaded bends.
Slippery: Hard ice or packed snow on more than a fifth of the stretch.
Extremely slippery: Sheet ice, or wet ice and wet packed snow, on more than a fifth of the stretch. Stay off it if you can.
Snow or slush: Up to 10 cm of wet or loose snow on the road.
Difficult driving: 10 to 20 cm of loose snow or small drifts; unsafe for anything but a four-wheel drive.
Difficult road conditions: More than 20 cm of snow or drifts; unsafe for anything but large SUVs, off-road and bigger vehicles.
Impassable: Snow, a landslide or a flood has made it impassable for normal vehicles. Highland roads are set to this after the first autumn snowfall and stay there until spring. Do not attempt it.
Closed: Closed by the Road Administration.
No report right now: No condition report for this stretch at the moment: it is outside Vegagerðin's reporting hours, or it is a road with no winter service and no regular grading. It is not the same as closed, and not the same as open; check umferdin.is for that stretch.
4x4 mountain vehicles only: Open, but only to high-clearance four-wheel drives. Most rental contracts exclude 2WD cars from F-roads.

What is not clear right now

Clear

1,206 of 1,568

monitored stretches of road are clear right now

Impassable

19 stretches · Impassable for normal vehicles, from snow, landslides or floods; highland roads are set to this after the first autumn snowfall. Do not attempt it.

Route 35, 48 km from Varmahlíð (4 stretches)
Route 570, near Ólafsvík
Route 734, 48 km from Varmahlíð (2 stretches)
Route 756, 34 km from Varmahlíð (2 stretches)
Route 936, near Reyðarfjörður
Route F26, 30 km from Mývatn (3 stretches)
Route F210, 42 km from Vík í Mýrdal (2 stretches)
Route F734, 65 km from Varmahlíð
Route F821, 61 km from Akureyri (2 stretches)
Route F881, 74 km from Akureyri

Storm

107 stretches · Storm on the road; wait it out.

Route 1, 31 km from Búðardalur (25 stretches)
Route 36, 16 km from Mosfellsbær (3 stretches)
Route 41, near Vogar (21 stretches)
Route 42, 18 km from Hafnarfjörður (2 stretches)
Route 43, near Vogar (2 stretches)
Route 45, near Sandgerði (6 stretches)
Route 46, near Reykjanesbær
Route 47, near Akranes (7 stretches)
Route 54, near Stykkishólmur (10 stretches)
Route 58, near Stykkishólmur (2 stretches)
Route 60, 20 km from Súðavík (4 stretches)
Route 61, 27 km from Hólmavík (2 stretches)
and 7 more roads

Icy patches

8 stretches · Ice or packed snow on up to a fifth of the stretch, usually bridges and shaded bends.

Route 643, 31 km from Hólmavík (6 stretches)
Route 645, near Hólmavík (2 stretches)

Slippery

17 stretches · Hard ice or packed snow on more than a fifth of the stretch.

Route 833, near Akureyri (2 stretches)
Route 842, 26 km from Mývatn (4 stretches)
Route 844, 23 km from Mývatn (2 stretches)
Route 862, 37 km from Húsavík (4 stretches)
Route 886, 36 km from Mývatn
Route 887, 39 km from Mývatn
Route 888, 37 km from Húsavík
Route 889, 37 km from Húsavík (2 stretches)

4x4 mountain vehicles only

10 stretches · Open only to high-clearance four-wheel drives; used for highland tracks once they open.

Route 249, 27 km from Hvolsvöllur (2 stretches)
Route 327, 29 km from Flúðir
Route 332, 33 km from Flúðir
Route 428, 16 km from Grindavík
Route 550, 54 km from Laugarvatn
Route 578, 59 km from Borgarnes
Route 869, 28 km from Þórshöfn
Route F249, 34 km from Hvolsvöllur
Route F575, near Hellissandur

No report right now

198 stretches · No condition report for this stretch at the moment: outside Vegagerðin's reporting hours, or a road with no winter service. Not the same as closed; check umferdin.is for it.

Route 26, 73 km from Kirkjubæjarklaustur
Route 35, 39 km from Reykholt (4 stretches)
Route 41, near Vogar (5 stretches)
Route 43, near Grindavík (3 stretches)
Route 44, near Reykjanesbær (2 stretches)
Route 52, 20 km from Laugarvatn (3 stretches)
Route 58, 33 km from Stykkishólmur (2 stretches)
Route 63, 20 km from Patreksfjörður (4 stretches)
Route 65, near Suðureyri (2 stretches)
Route 82, 17 km from Dalvík (2 stretches)
Route 208, 55 km from Kirkjubæjarklaustur
Route 210, near Hvolsvöllur
and 85 more roads

Impassable

3 stretches · Impassable for normal vehicles, from snow, landslides or floods; highland roads are set to this after the first autumn snowfall. Do not attempt it.

Route F88, 45 km from Mývatn
Route F839, 17 km from Hrísey
Route F899, 23 km from Húsavík

Before you drive

Iceland closes roads fast in a storm, and reopens them just as fast. Check the road and the weather together: yellow, orange and red warnings are at vedur.is, and safetravel.is lists the closures that matter to visitors. Highland F-roads open in June or July when Vegagerðin says so, not when the snow looks gone. In an emergency, call 112.

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