Anaktuvuk Pass weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · subarctic climate
Anaktuvuk Pass is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 43/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,165
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 43/100
- Rain / year
- 552 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 425
- Elevation
- 632 m

When is the best time to visit Anaktuvuk Pass?
Anaktuvuk Pass never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 43/100, 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 Anaktuvuk Pass?
Anaktuvuk Pass gets a moderate 2,165 hours of sunshine a year. July (43/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #336 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 47% of the annual 552 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -25° / -13°F | 19 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -23° / -9°F | 24 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -23° / -9°F | 18 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -14° / 7°F | 28 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 51 mm | 3 |
| June | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 7° / 45°F | 79 mm | 3 |
| July | 43 | 15° / 59°F | 8° / 46°F | 97 mm | 3 |
| August | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 84 mm | 2 |
| September | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 61 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -12° / 10°F | 40 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -21° / -6°F | 25 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -23° / -9°F | 26 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Fairbanks United States · 407 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 481 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 730 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 778 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 948 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,143 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bettles United States · 136 km · 2,207 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Allakaket United States · 180 km · 2,176 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Nuiqsut United States · 233 km · best in Jul
- Utopia Creek United States · 253 km · 2,057 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Arctic Village United States · 255 km · 2,418 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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