Chesterfield Inlet weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Chesterfield Inlet is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 26/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,021
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 26/100
- Rain / year
- 490 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 9°C / 48°F
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 7 m
When is the best time to visit Chesterfield Inlet?
Chesterfield Inlet never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 26/100, 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 Chesterfield Inlet?
Chesterfield Inlet gets a moderate 2,021 hours of sunshine a year. July (26/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #122 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 490 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 | -25° / -13°F | -31° / -24°F | 16 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -24° / -11°F | -31° / -24°F | 12 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -25° / -13°F | 21 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -16° / 3°F | 30 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -7° / 19°F | 46 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 52 mm | 3 | 0° / 32°F |
| July | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 61 mm | 4 | 5° / 41°F |
| August | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 62 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| September | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 67 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| October | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 64 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| November | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -18° / 0°F | 36 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -21° / -6°F | -27° / -17°F | 23 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Chesterfield Inlet by month
The sea off Chesterfield Inlet 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
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,094 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 1,198 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 1,352 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 1,473 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
- Winnipeg Canada · 1,544 km · best in Aug · 2,491 h sun/yr
- Saskatoon Canada · 1,554 km · best in Aug · 2,625 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Rankin Inlet Canada · 92 km · 1,954 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Whale Cove Canada · 155 km · 1,947 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Baker Lake Canada · 283 km · 2,340 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Arviat Canada · 304 km · 2,341 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Coral Harbour Canada · 374 km · 1,712 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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