Attawapiskat weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · continental climate
The best time to visit Attawapiskat is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 68/100), with August close behind. Attawapiskat averages about 2,332 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 102 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,332
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 68/100
- Rain / year
- 719 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 8 m

When is the best time to visit Attawapiskat?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Attawapiskat is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 28 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Attawapiskat?
Attawapiskat gets a moderate 2,332 hours of sunshine a year. 68 Sunshine Score points separate July (68) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #26 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 August, carries about 41% of the annual 719 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -25° / -13°F | 28 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -24° / -11°F | 21 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -17° / 1°F | 30 mm | 3 |
| April | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -9° / 16°F | 38 mm | 4 |
| May | 13 | 10° / 50°F | -2° / 28°F | 67 mm | 4 |
| June | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 76 mm | 5 |
| July | 68 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 102 mm | 5 |
| August | 62 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 96 mm | 4 |
| September | 37 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 100 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 0° / 32°F | 73 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 54 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -20° / -4°F | 34 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Thunder Bay Canada · 701 km · best in Aug · 1,985 h sun/yr
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 726 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
- Traverse City United States · 939 km · best in Jul · 1,987 h sun/yr
- Duluth United States · 972 km · best in Sep · 2,261 h sun/yr
- Ottawa Canada · 977 km · best in Sep · 2,034 h sun/yr
- Green Bay United States · 1,027 km · best in Jul · 2,244 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kashechewan Canada · 88 km · 1,949 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Fort Albany Canada · 95 km · 1,948 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Moosonee Canada · 220 km · 2,149 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Wemindji Canada · 241 km · 1,897 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Chisasibi Canada · 253 km · 1,901 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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