Faroe IslandsIsland

Eysturoy

285 km² rising to 880 m out of the Norwegian Sea.

FuglafjørðurVið SjógvLeirvíkEiðiEystur

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

285km²

Area

209km

Coastline

880m

Highest point

Slættaratindur

10,778

People

10°C

Warmest sea

August

599km

To the mainland

When to go to Eysturoy

Good all year round.

The sea is warmest in August (10 °C) and coolest in February (7 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.

7°6°4°

Jan22

7°6°4°

Feb20

7°6°4°

Mar21

7°7°5°

Apr17

8°8°6°

May15

9°10°8°

Jun13

10°12°10°

Jul17

10°12°10°

Aug17

10°11°10°

Sep19

10°9°8°

Oct21

9°8°6°

Nov21

8°7°5°

Dec23

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island

Eysturoy is an island in Faroe Islands. It covers 285 km², with 209 km of coastline. Its highest point, Slættaratindur, rises to 880 m. About 10,778 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 599 km away.

Getting there

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599 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Eysturoy.

35beachesGøtusandur, Breiðasandur, Trogarásandur and 32 more
14viewpointsSyðrugota, Fossá waterfall view, Skeggjanøv and 11 more
1lighthouses
1marinasBátahylurin á Skála
67named peaksSlættaratindur, Gráfelli, Svartbakstindur and 64 more
4waterfalls
1castles and fortsKánon (Seinni Heimsbardagi)
6ruins and archaeological sitesBondagarðurin á Toftanesi, Fløttutoft, Grundin and 3 more
8campsitesSkáli, Camping Selatrað, Camping Eiði and 5 more
8hotels, guesthouses and apartments
13restaurants, cafés and bars

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Eysturoy in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Eysturoy, each with its own numbers.

3beaches and covesCoastya

Beach with the warmest sea
10.3°C
Mølin
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

3 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Gøtusandur10.2°C
Mølin10.3°C
Breiðásandur10.3°C

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 249 m above the sea. 44 % of it is below 200 m.

13 %0–50 m
31 %50–200 m
46 %200–500 m
9 %500–1,000 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Eysturoy285 km²

Malta247 km²

Madeira Island742 km²

20 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Towns on the island

Fuglafjørður1,542 people
Við Sjógv1,158 people
Saltangará1,116 people
Leirvík1,048 people
Eiði634 people
Eysturno census figure

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	6	6	6	7	8	10	12	12	11	9	8	7
Night low (°C)	4	4	4	5	6	8	10	10	10	8	6	5
Sea (°C)	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	8
Rain (mm)	123	96	95	76	72	68	82	96	110	118	117	130
Wet days	22	20	21	17	15	13	17	17	19	21	21	23
Sun h/day	0.0	0.8	2.5	4.4	5.8	5.8	4.9	4.4	2.9	1.2	0.1	0.0
Wind (km/h)	36	35	33	30	26	22	22	23	28	32	34	36

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.1	−0.1	−0.1	+0.3	±0.0	+0.1	±0.0	−0.2	±0.0	+0.1	+0.8	+0.6
2021	+0.1	±0.0	+0.8	+0.3	−0.3	±0.0	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.4	+0.4
2022	+0.1	−0.3	±0.0	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	±0.0	±0.0	+0.4	+0.6	+0.8	+0.6
2023	±0.0	+0.2	−0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+0.6	+0.4	+0.3	+0.1
2024	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.8	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.6	+0.3
2025	+0.2	+0.8	+0.7	+1.0	+1.5	+0.6	+1.2	+1.2	+1.3	+1.5	+1.2	+0.8

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Färöer Eysturoy 04 — Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0

Faroe Islands, Eysturoy, road from Skipanes to Syðrugøta — Vincent van Zeijst ( talk · contribs ) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Färöer Eysturoy 05 — Zairon · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Streymoy

Faroe Islands373 km²789 m12 km away

Borðoy

Faroe Islands95 km²755 m17 km away

Vágar

Faroe Islands176 km²722 m25 km away

Kalsoy

Faroe Islands30 km²788 m11 km away

Kunoy

Faroe Islands35 km²830 m15 km away

Viðoy

Faroe Islands41 km²841 m23 km away

Koltur

Faroe Islands2.3 km²478 m26 km away

Nólsoy

Faroe Islands10 km²372 m28 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q200939) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls	Coastya — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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