Castlegar weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Castlegar is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with July and September close behind. Castlegar averages about 2,020 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 27 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,020
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 86/100
- Rain / year
- 793 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 8k
- Elevation
- 495 m
When is the best time to visit Castlegar?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Castlegar is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 76 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Castlegar?
Castlegar gets a moderate 2,020 hours of sunshine a year. 86 Sunshine Score points separate August (86) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #123 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 793 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 76 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -8° / 18°F | 55 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 80 mm | 2 |
| April | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 62 mm | 3 |
| May | 71 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 73 mm | 5 |
| June | 75 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 85 mm | 5 |
| July | 84 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 36 mm | 6 |
| August | 86 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 27 mm | 5 |
| September | 82 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 48 mm | 4 |
| October | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 4° / 39°F | 72 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 94 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -9° / 16°F | 85 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kelowna Canada · 146 km · best in Aug · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Spokane United States · 187 km · best in Jul · 2,367 h sun/yr
- Kalispell United States · 270 km · best in Jul · 2,199 h sun/yr
- Calgary Canada · 328 km · best in Jul · 2,396 h sun/yr
- Abbotsford Canada · 345 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Pasco United States · 355 km · best in Sep · 2,745 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Trail Canada · 27 km · 2,019 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Cranbrook Canada · 138 km · 2,283 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Penticton Canada · 144 km · 2,219 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kamloops Canada · 255 km · 2,267 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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