Cartwright weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Cartwright is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 61/100), with August close behind. Cartwright averages about 1,550 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 113 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,550
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 61/100
- Rain / year
- 1,191 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈6.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 13°C / 55°F
- Elevation
- 10 m
When is the best time to visit Cartwright?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Cartwright is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 89 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Cartwright?
Cartwright isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,550 hours of sunshine a year. 61 Sunshine Score points separate July (61) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #226 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,191 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 | -10° / 14°F | -19° / -2°F | 89 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -19° / -2°F | 94 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -13° / 9°F | 101 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 86 mm | 3 | 0° / 32°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 88 mm | 4 | 3° / 37°F |
| June | 34 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 103 mm | 4 | 9° / 48°F |
| July | 61 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 113 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| August | 56 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 109 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| September | 29 | 13° / 55°F | 5° / 41°F | 94 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 117 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| November | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 99 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| December | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -14° / 7°F | 98 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Cartwright by month
The sea off Cartwright is warmest in July at around 13°C / 55°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
- Goose Bay Canada · 227 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- St. John's Canada · 739 km · best in Aug · 1,457 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 739 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 929 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 1,002 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 1,084 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Black Tickle Canada · 86 km · 1,548 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Rigolet Canada · 108 km · 1,756 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Port Hope Simpson Canada · 138 km · 1,732 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Williams Harbour Canada · 150 km · 1,603 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- St. Lewis Canada · 172 km · 1,602 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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