Aklavik weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Aklavik is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 81/100). Aklavik averages about 2,150 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 58 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,150
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 81/100
- Rain / year
- 387 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 5 m
When is the best time to visit Aklavik?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Aklavik is July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 19 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Aklavik?
Aklavik gets a moderate 2,150 hours of sunshine a year. 81 Sunshine Score points separate July (81) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #91 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 44% of the annual 387 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -21° / -6°F | -27° / -17°F | 19 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -26° / -15°F | 14 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -25° / -13°F | 16 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -14° / 7°F | 20 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -1° / 30°F | 36 mm | 3 |
| June | 69 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 46 mm | 3 |
| July | 81 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 58 mm | 3 |
| August | 53 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 66 mm | 2 |
| September | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 1° / 34°F | 44 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -9° / 16°F | 32 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -21° / -6°F | 19 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -25° / -13°F | 17 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Fairbanks United States · 682 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 836 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 1,053 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 1,098 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 1,141 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 1,171 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Inuvik Canada · 63 km · 2,311 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Fort Mcpherson Canada · 91 km · 2,135 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Old Crow Canada · 215 km · 2,379 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Fort Good Hope Canada · 351 km · 2,309 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Colville Lake Canada · 399 km · 2,283 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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