Blanc-Sablon weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Blanc-Sablon is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 56/100), with July close behind. Blanc-Sablon averages about 1,475 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 111 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,475
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 56/100
- Rain / year
- 1,138 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 15°C / 59°F
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 31 m
When is the best time to visit Blanc-Sablon?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Blanc-Sablon is August, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 88 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Blanc-Sablon?
Blanc-Sablon isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,475 hours of sunshine a year. 56 Sunshine Score points separate August (56) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #233 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,138 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 | -7° / 19°F | -14° / 7°F | 88 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -15° / 5°F | 82 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 80 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -4° / 25°F | 79 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 78 mm | 4 | 3° / 37°F |
| June | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 87 mm | 5 | 7° / 45°F |
| July | 51 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 104 mm | 5 | 13° / 55°F |
| August | 56 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 111 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| September | 28 | 13° / 55°F | 8° / 46°F | 107 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 101 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -3° / 27°F | 116 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -9° / 16°F | 105 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
Sea temperature in Blanc-Sablon by month
The sea off Blanc-Sablon is warmest in August at around 15°C / 59°F, and coolest in February at -2°C / 28°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
- Goose Bay Canada · 303 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- St. John's Canada · 532 km · best in Aug · 1,457 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 652 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 719 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 807 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 867 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- St. Anthony Canada · 77 km · 1,475 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- St-Augustin Canada · 106 km · 1,729 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mary's Harbour Canada · 133 km · 1,602 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Port Hope Simpson Canada · 135 km · 1,732 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- La Tabatière Canada · 142 km · 1,808 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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