Bonaventure weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Bonaventure is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with July close behind. Bonaventure averages about 1,929 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 83 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,929
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 1,043 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 20°C / 68°F
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 35 m
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When is the best time to visit Bonaventure?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bonaventure is August, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 69 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bonaventure?
Bonaventure gets a moderate 1,929 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate August (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #158 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,043 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 | 69 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -14° / 7°F | 69 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -9° / 16°F | 75 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -2° / 28°F | 81 mm | 3 | 2° / 36°F |
| May | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 4° / 39°F | 91 mm | 5 | 8° / 46°F |
| June | 61 | 18° / 64°F | 10° / 50°F | 93 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| July | 73 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 91 mm | 5 | 20° / 68°F |
| August | 75 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 83 mm | 5 | 20° / 68°F |
| September | 61 | 18° / 64°F | 10° / 50°F | 90 mm | 4 | 17° / 63°F |
| October | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 105 mm | 2 | 12° / 54°F |
| November | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 97 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -9° / 16°F | 99 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
Sea temperature in Bonaventure by month
The sea off Bonaventure is warmest in July at around 20°C / 68°F, and coolest in February at -1°C / 30°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
- Moncton Canada · 226 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 246 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Fredericton Canada · 258 km · best in Aug · 2,001 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 265 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 385 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
- Bangor United States · 445 km · best in Jul · 2,079 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bathurst (New Brunswick) Canada · 53 km · 1,887 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Charlo Canada · 65 km · 1,924 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Gaspé Canada · 106 km · 1,930 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Saint-Léonard Canada · 205 km · 1,922 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mont-Joli Canada · 212 km · 1,876 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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