Arctic Bay weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Arctic Bay is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 20/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 20/100
- Rain / year
- 385 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 4°C / 39°F
- Elevation
- 17 m
When is the best time to visit Arctic Bay?
Arctic Bay never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 20/100, 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 Arctic Bay?
Arctic Bay never scores well for sunshine: even July, its best month, reaches only 20/100. July (20/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It is one of 249 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in Canada. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 46% of the annual 385 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -27° / -17°F | -31° / -24°F | 12 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -28° / -18°F | -32° / -26°F | 11 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -28° / -18°F | 16 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -20° / -4°F | 19 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -9° / 16°F | 26 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| June | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 48 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| July | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 65 mm | 2 | 1° / 34°F |
| August | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 3° / 37°F | 63 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| September | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -4° / 25°F | 50 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| October | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -12° / 10°F | 39 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| November | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -23° / -9°F | 20 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -23° / -9°F | -27° / -17°F | 16 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Arctic Bay by month
The sea off Arctic Bay is warmest in August at around 4°C / 39°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
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,221 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 1,272 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,636 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 1,673 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 2,160 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 2,450 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pond Inlet Canada · 235 km · best in Jul
- Resolute Bay Canada · 360 km · best in Jan
- Grise Fiord Canada · 385 km · best in Jan
- Igloolik Canada · 421 km · 2,502 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Taloyoak Canada · 490 km · 2,339 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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