Bella Bella weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Bella Bella is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 52/100), with July close behind. Bella Bella averages about 1,438 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 133 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,438
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 52/100
- Rain / year
- 2,597 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈44 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 18°C / 64°F
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 35 m
When is the best time to visit Bella Bella?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bella Bella is August, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 302 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bella Bella?
Bella Bella isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,438 hours of sunshine a year. 52 Sunshine Score points separate August (52) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #238 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 2,597 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 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 302 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 192 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| March | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 237 mm | 2 | 7° / 45°F |
| April | 10 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 179 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| May | 26 | 13° / 55°F | 8° / 46°F | 129 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| June | 36 | 15° / 59°F | 11° / 52°F | 133 mm | 5 | 14° / 57°F |
| July | 48 | 17° / 63°F | 13° / 55°F | 121 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| August | 52 | 18° / 64°F | 13° / 55°F | 133 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| September | 39 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 211 mm | 3 | 15° / 59°F |
| October | 20 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 321 mm | 1 | 11° / 52°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 353 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 286 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
Sea temperature in Bella Bella by month
The sea off Bella Bella is warmest in August at around 18°C / 64°F, and coolest in January at 7°C / 45°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
- Ketchikan United States · 423 km · best in Jul · 1,127 h sun/yr
- Nanaimo Canada · 461 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Vancouver Canada · 483 km · best in Jul · 1,739 h sun/yr
- Victoria (British Columbia) Canada · 517 km · best in Jul · 2,004 h sun/yr
- Abbotsford Canada · 539 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Bellingham United States · 548 km · best in Jul · 2,005 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bella Coola Canada · 109 km · 1,445 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Port Hardy Canada · 176 km · 1,514 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Port McNeill Canada · 196 km · 1,513 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Anahim Lake Canada · 196 km · 2,214 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Alert Bay Canada · 198 km · 1,513 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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