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'''Napasoq''' (old spelling: ''Napassoq/Napâssoq'') is an island settlement in the [[Qeqqata]] municipality, in central-western [[Greenland]]. Located on a small island on the shores of [[Davis Strait]], it had 80 inhabitants in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title= Population by Localities|url = http://bank.stat.gl/pxweb/en/Greenland/Greenland__BE__BE01__BE0120/BEXST4.PX/?rxid=a1551b20-d1d5-4bcf-a80c-de114c001595|publisher = Statistical Greenland}}</ref>

'''Napasoq''' (old spelling: ''Napassoq/Napâssoq'') is an island settlement in the [[Qeqqata]] municipality, in central-western [[Greenland]]. Located on a small island on the shores of [[Davis Strait]], it had 80 inhabitants in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title= Population by Localities|url = http://bank.stat.gl/pxweb/en/Greenland/Greenland__BE__BE01__BE0120/BEXST4.PX/?rxid=a1551b20-d1d5-4bcf-a80c-de114c001595|publisher = Statistical Greenland}}</ref>

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=== Climate ===

{{Main|Climate of Greenland}}

Napasoq experiences a [[tundra climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen:]] ET); with short, cool summers and long, freezing winters.<ref>{{cite web |last = Beck |first = Hylke E |last2 = McVicar |first2 = Tim R |last3 = Vergopolan |first3 = Noemi |last4 = Berg |first4 = Alexis |last5 = Lutsko |first5 = Nicholas J |last6 = Dufour |first6 = Ambroise |last7 = Zeng |first7 = Zhenzhong |last8 = Jiang |first8 = Xin |last9 = van Dijk |first9 = Albert I J M|last10 = Miralles |first10 = Diego G |display-authors = 3 |date = October 23, 2023 |title = High-resolution (1 km) Köppen-Geiger maps for 1901–2099 based on constrained CMIP6 projections |url = https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6 |publisher = [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |access-date = July 21, 2025}}</ref>

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|location = Napasoq ({{coord|65.00|N|52.52|W}}) ({{convert|12|m|ft|abbr=on}} AMSL) (1991-2020 data)

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|width = auto

|Jan record high C = 8.1

|Feb record high C = 8.8

|Mar record high C = 7.0

|Apr record high C = 9.6

|May record high C = 11.9

|Jun record high C = 17.4

|Jul record high C = 18.3

|Aug record high C = 19.3

|Sep record high C = 18.8

|Oct record high C = 14.5

|Nov record high C = 11.8

|Dec record high C = 8.6

|year record high C = 19.3

|Jan high C = -5.9

|Feb high C = -7.2

|Mar high C = -6.1

|Apr high C = -1.5

|May high C = 2.2

|Jun high C = 5.4

|Jul high C = 7.7

|Aug high C = 7.8

|Sep high C = 5.7

|Oct high C = 2.2

|Nov high C = -1.5

|Dec high C = -3.6

|year high C = 0.4

|Jan mean C = -7.6

|Feb mean C = -9.0

|Mar mean C = -7.9

|Apr mean C = -3.1

|May mean C = 0.7

|Jun mean C = 3.8

|Jul mean C = 6.1

|Aug mean C = 6.3

|Sep mean C = 4.4

|Oct mean C = 0.9

|Nov mean C = -2.9

|Dec mean C = -5.2

|year mean C = -1.1

|Jan low C = -9.3

|Feb low C = -10.8

|Mar low C = -9.8

|Apr low C = -4.9

|May low C = -0.8

|Jun low C = 2.4

|Jul low C = 4.6

|Aug low C = 5.0

|Sep low C = 3.2

|Oct low C = -0.4

|Nov low C = -4.3

|Dec low C = -6.6

|year low C = -2.6

|Jan record low C = -26.6

|Feb record low C = -33.0

|Mar record low C = -27.2

|Apr record low C = -18.4

|May record low C = -13.3

|Jun record low C = -2.1

|Jul record low C = -3.0

|Aug record low C = 0.1

|Sep record low C = -2.6

|Oct record low C = -8.6

|Nov record low C = -15.4

|Dec record low C = -20.0

|year record low C = -33.0

|humidity colour = green

|Jan humidity = 69.4

|Feb humidity = 71.0

|Mar humidity = 72.3

|Apr humidity = 74.4

|May humidity = 82.8

|Jun humidity = 89.9

|Jul humidity = 90.8

|Aug humidity = 90.8

|Sep humidity = 81.5

|Oct humidity = 73.6

|Nov humidity = 70.8

|Dec humidity = 72.7

|year humidity = 78.3

|source 1 = [[Danish Meteorological Institute]] (2001-2020 temperature & humidity)<ref>{{cite web

|last = Cappelen |first = J |last2 = Drost Jensen |first2 = C |last3 = Laursen |first3 = Ellen Vaarby |last4 = Stannius |first4 = Lotte Sligting |last5 = Thomsen |first5 = Rikke Sjølin |editor-last = Hansen |editor-first = Ane |editor2-last = Rasmussen |editor2-first = Leif |editor3-last = Scharling |editor3-first = Mikael

|date = December 20, 2021

|title = Climatological Standard Normals 1991-2020 – Greenland

|url = https://www.dmi.dk/fileadmin/Rapporter/2021/DMI_report_21_12_Greenland.pdf

|publisher = [[Danish Meteorological Institute]]

|access-date = July 21, 2025}}

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== Population ==

== Population ==