Bella Coola weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Bella Coola is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 67/100), with June and August close behind. Bella Coola averages about 1,445 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 108 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,445
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 67/100
- Rain / year
- 1,949 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈5.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 33 m
When is the best time to visit Bella Coola?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bella Coola is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 218 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bella Coola?
Bella Coola isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,445 hours of sunshine a year. 67 Sunshine Score points separate July (67) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #237 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,949 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 218 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 132 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 0° / 32°F | 173 mm | 2 |
| April | 5 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 126 mm | 3 |
| May | 40 | 15° / 59°F | 8° / 46°F | 100 mm | 4 |
| June | 66 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 113 mm | 4 |
| July | 67 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 108 mm | 5 |
| August | 66 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 116 mm | 4 |
| September | 49 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 160 mm | 3 |
| October | 20 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 241 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 265 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -3° / 27°F | 197 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Nanaimo Canada · 417 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Vancouver Canada · 428 km · best in Jul · 1,739 h sun/yr
- Ketchikan United States · 470 km · best in Jul · 1,127 h sun/yr
- Victoria (British Columbia) Canada · 472 km · best in Jul · 2,004 h sun/yr
- Abbotsford Canada · 478 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Bellingham United States · 492 km · best in Jul · 2,005 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Anahim Lake Canada · 88 km · 2,214 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Bella Bella Canada · 109 km · 1,438 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Port Hardy Canada · 197 km · 1,514 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Alert Bay Canada · 202 km · 1,513 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Port McNeill Canada · 204 km · 1,513 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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