Big Trout Lake weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Big Trout Lake is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with August and June close behind. Big Trout Lake averages about 2,159 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 92 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,159
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 648 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Elevation
- 221 m

When is the best time to visit Big Trout Lake?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Big Trout Lake is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 22 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Big Trout Lake?
Big Trout Lake gets a moderate 2,159 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate July (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #84 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 42% of the annual 648 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -28° / -18°F | 22 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -26° / -15°F | 17 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -18° / 0°F | 33 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -8° / 18°F | 35 mm | 3 |
| May | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 0° / 32°F | 66 mm | 4 |
| June | 69 | 19° / 66°F | 7° / 45°F | 89 mm | 5 |
| July | 75 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 92 mm | 5 |
| August | 75 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 90 mm | 4 |
| September | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 4° / 39°F | 83 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 59 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -13° / 9°F | 36 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -23° / -9°F | 26 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 434 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
- Thunder Bay Canada · 607 km · best in Aug · 1,985 h sun/yr
- Winnipeg Canada · 665 km · best in Aug · 2,491 h sun/yr
- Duluth United States · 793 km · best in Sep · 2,261 h sun/yr
- Fargo United States · 910 km · best in Aug · 2,543 h sun/yr
- Minot United States · 1,006 km · best in Sep · 2,684 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Angling Lake Canada · 21 km · 2,159 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bearskin Lake Canada · 76 km · 2,164 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kasabonika Canada · 89 km · 2,159 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kingfisher Lake Canada · 90 km · 2,158 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Wunnumin Lake Canada · 110 km · 2,117 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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