Charlottetown weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Charlottetown is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with August close behind. Charlottetown averages about 1,705 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 83 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,705
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 73/100
- Rain / year
- 1,209 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 23°C / 73°F
- Population
- 39k
- Elevation
- 46 m
When is the best time to visit Charlottetown?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Charlottetown is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 93 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Charlottetown?
Charlottetown isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,705 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate July (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #219 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,209 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 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 93 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -10° / 14°F | 94 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 87 mm | 2 | 1° / 34°F |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 92 mm | 4 | 5° / 41°F |
| May | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 86 mm | 5 | 10° / 50°F |
| June | 46 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 103 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| July | 73 | 21° / 70°F | 16° / 61°F | 83 mm | 6 | 21° / 70°F |
| August | 71 | 21° / 70°F | 17° / 63°F | 94 mm | 5 | 23° / 73°F |
| September | 58 | 18° / 64°F | 13° / 55°F | 104 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| October | 22 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 121 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 123 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 129 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
Sea temperature in Charlottetown by month
The sea off Charlottetown is warmest in August at around 23°C / 73°F, and coolest in January at -1°C / 30°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 2 months a year. 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 · 121 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 159 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
- Fredericton Canada · 267 km · best in Aug · 2,001 h sun/yr
- Bangor United States · 473 km · best in Jul · 2,079 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 495 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Quebec Canada · 635 km · best in Aug · 1,920 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Canada · 163 km · 1,665 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Saint John Canada · 240 km · 1,943 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Bathurst (New Brunswick) Canada · 248 km · 1,887 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Bonaventure Canada · 265 km · 1,929 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Charlottetown compares month by month: Charlottetown vs Halifax · Charlottetown vs St. John's · Charlottetown vs Moncton · Charlottetown vs Fredericton · all comparisons
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