Akulivik weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Akulivik is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 19/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,358
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 19/100
- Rain / year
- 612 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 12°C / 54°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 10 m
When is the best time to visit Akulivik?
Akulivik never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 19/100, 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 Akulivik?
Akulivik gets a moderate 2,358 hours of sunshine a year. August (19/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #21 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 September, carries about 40% of the annual 612 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -25° / -13°F | 21 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -21° / -6°F | -26° / -15°F | 17 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -21° / -6°F | 28 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -14° / 7°F | 30 mm | 4 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 47 mm | 5 | 0° / 32°F |
| June | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 60 mm | 5 | 4° / 39°F |
| July | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 69 mm | 4 | 8° / 46°F |
| August | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 7° / 45°F | 82 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| September | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 90 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| October | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -1° / 30°F | 73 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| November | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -7° / 19°F | 57 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| December | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -17° / 1°F | 38 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
Sea temperature in Akulivik by month
The sea off Akulivik is warmest in August at around 12°C / 54°F, and coolest in January at -1°C / 30°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
- Iqaluit Canada · 593 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,350 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 1,391 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,398 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 1,466 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
- Thunder Bay Canada · 1,555 km · best in Aug · 1,985 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Puvirnituq Canada · 98 km · 2,124 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ivujivik Canada · 178 km · 1,926 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Salluit Canada · 201 km · 1,909 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Inukjuak Canada · 261 km · 1,935 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kangiqsujuaq Canada · 344 km · 1,928 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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