Bethel weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Bethel is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 56/100), with June and August close behind. Bethel averages about 1,745 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 17°C / 63°F and roughly 80 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,745
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 56/100
- Rain / year
- 732 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 35 m
When is the best time to visit Bethel?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bethel is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 43 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bethel?
Bethel isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,745 hours of sunshine a year. 56 Sunshine Score points separate July (56) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #493 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 732 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 | -13° / 9°F | -19° / -2°F | 43 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -15° / 5°F | 51 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -16° / 3°F | 34 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -6° / 21°F | 44 mm | 2 |
| May | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 52 mm | 3 |
| June | 53 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 53 mm | 4 |
| July | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 80 mm | 3 |
| August | 48 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 95 mm | 3 |
| September | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 85 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -3° / 27°F | 75 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -12° / 10°F | 66 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -17° / 1°F | 54 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Nome United States · 454 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 628 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 640 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 680 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 838 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,445 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Napaskiak United States · 9 km · 1,744 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Napakiak United States · 13 km · 1,744 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kwethluk United States · 21 km · 1,745 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Akiachak United States · 24 km · 1,745 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Atmautluak United States · 25 km · 1,644 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Bethel compares month by month: Bethel vs Anchorage · Bethel vs Kodiak · Bethel vs Nome · Bethel vs Kotzebue · all comparisons
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