Baker Lake weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Baker Lake is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 52/100). Baker Lake averages about 2,340 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 16°C / 61°F and roughly 76 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,340
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 52/100
- Rain / year
- 504 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 11 m
When is the best time to visit Baker Lake?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Baker Lake is July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 14 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Baker Lake?
Baker Lake gets a moderate 2,340 hours of sunshine a year. 52 Sunshine Score points separate July (52) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #23 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 July, carries about 44% of the annual 504 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -29° / -20°F | -37° / -35°F | 14 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -28° / -18°F | -37° / -35°F | 10 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -30° / -22°F | 20 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -18° / 0°F | 31 mm | 3 |
| May | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -7° / 19°F | 47 mm | 4 |
| June | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 67 mm | 3 |
| July | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 9° / 48°F | 76 mm | 3 |
| August | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 7° / 45°F | 81 mm | 2 |
| September | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 63 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -11° / 12°F | 45 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -27° / -17°F | 30 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -26° / -15°F | -33° / -27°F | 20 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Yellowknife Canada · 934 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 1,182 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,331 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Saskatoon Canada · 1,480 km · best in Aug · 2,625 h sun/yr
- Edmonton Canada · 1,573 km · best in Aug · 2,549 h sun/yr
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 1,596 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Rankin Inlet Canada · 257 km · 1,954 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Chesterfield Inlet Canada · 283 km · 2,021 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Whale Cove Canada · 287 km · 1,947 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Arviat Canada · 371 km · 2,341 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gjoa Haven Canada · 482 km · 2,323 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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