Cambridge Bay weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Cambridge Bay is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 21/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,386
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 21/100
- Rain / year
- 345 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 9°C / 48°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 24 m
When is the best time to visit Cambridge Bay?
Cambridge Bay never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 21/100, and January is the low point (0/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.
How sunny is Cambridge Bay?
Cambridge Bay gets a moderate 2,386 hours of sunshine a year. July (21/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #15 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 44% of the annual 345 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -26° / -15°F | -31° / -24°F | 15 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -26° / -15°F | -32° / -26°F | 11 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -21° / -6°F | -28° / -18°F | 16 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -19° / -2°F | 20 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -9° / 16°F | 27 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 46 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| July | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 54 mm | 3 | 3° / 37°F |
| August | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 52 mm | 2 | 9° / 48°F |
| September | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 41 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| October | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -12° / 10°F | 31 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| November | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -24° / -11°F | 18 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -24° / -11°F | -30° / -22°F | 14 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Cambridge Bay by month
The sea off Cambridge Bay is warmest in August at around 9°C / 48°F, and coolest in January 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
- Yellowknife Canada · 850 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 1,417 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 1,627 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,666 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Grande Prairie Canada · 1,696 km · best in Aug · 2,366 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,701 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gjoa Haven Canada · 376 km · 2,323 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kugluktuk Canada · 432 km · 2,296 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Taloyoak Canada · 456 km · 2,339 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ulukhaktok Canada · 516 km · best in Jul
- Kugaaruk Canada · 618 km · 2,365 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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