Aupaluk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Aupaluk is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 12/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,404
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 12/100
- Rain / year
- 602 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 10°C / 50°F
- Elevation
- 28 m
When is the best time to visit Aupaluk?
Aupaluk never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 12/100, 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 Aupaluk?
Aupaluk isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,404 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 12 Sunshine Score points separate August from January. It ranks #239 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 602 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -25° / -13°F | 28 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -25° / -13°F | 23 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -20° / -4°F | 30 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -12° / 10°F | 37 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -5° / 23°F | 47 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 0° / 32°F | 69 mm | 4 | 1° / 34°F |
| July | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 78 mm | 4 | 7° / 45°F |
| August | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 70 mm | 3 | 10° / 50°F |
| September | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 79 mm | 2 | 7° / 45°F |
| October | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 64 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| November | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -9° / 16°F | 44 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -18° / 0°F | 33 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Aupaluk by month
The sea off Aupaluk is warmest in August at around 10°C / 50°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 · 499 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 871 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 1,031 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,084 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Quebec Canada · 1,396 km · best in Aug · 1,920 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 1,411 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tasiujaq Canada · 73 km · 1,980 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kangirsuk Canada · 84 km · 1,949 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kuujjuaq Canada · 150 km · 1,978 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Quaqtaq Canada · 195 km · 2,162 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kangiqsualujjuaq Canada · 217 km · 1,758 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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