Aasiaat weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇱 Greenland · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Aasiaat is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 21/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,965
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 21/100
- Rain / year
- 368 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 6°C / 43°F
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 12 m
When is the best time to visit Aasiaat?
Aasiaat never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 21/100, and January is the low point (0/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.
How sunny is Aasiaat?
Aasiaat gets a moderate 1,965 hours of sunshine a year. July (21/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #5 of 8 destinations in Greenland for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,017 hours. The year's 368 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -14° / 7°F | 21 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -17° / 1°F | 16 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -16° / 3°F | 19 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -10° / 14°F | 23 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 32 mm | 2 | 0° / 32°F |
| June | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 30 mm | 3 | 4° / 39°F |
| July | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 38 mm | 3 | 6° / 43°F |
| August | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 53 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| September | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 39 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| October | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -4° / 25°F | 36 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| November | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -9° / 16°F | 34 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -11° / 12°F | 27 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Aasiaat by month
The sea off Aasiaat is warmest in July at around 6°C / 43°F, and coolest in January at -2°C / 28°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ilulissat Greenland · 90 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 506 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 892 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,427 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,445 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,758 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Sisimiut Greenland · 201 km · 2,068 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kangerlussuaq Greenland · 209 km · 2,246 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Uummannaq Greenland · 224 km · best in Jul
- Maniitsoq Greenland · 368 km · 1,761 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Upernavik Greenland · 469 km · best in Jan
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