Chibougamau weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · continental climate
The best time to visit Chibougamau is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 71/100), with August and June close behind. Chibougamau averages about 1,830 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 102 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,830
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 71/100
- Rain / year
- 876 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 8k
- Elevation
- 385 m
When is the best time to visit Chibougamau?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Chibougamau is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 44 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Chibougamau?
Chibougamau gets a moderate 1,830 hours of sunshine a year. 71 Sunshine Score points separate July (71) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #189 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 876 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 | -14° / 7°F | -24° / -11°F | 44 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -22° / -8°F | 42 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -16° / 3°F | 44 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -6° / 21°F | 63 mm | 4 |
| May | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 2° / 36°F | 69 mm | 5 |
| June | 67 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 91 mm | 5 |
| July | 71 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 102 mm | 5 |
| August | 70 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 103 mm | 4 |
| September | 42 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 95 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 92 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -7° / 19°F | 71 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -18° / 0°F | 60 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Quebec Canada · 404 km · best in Aug · 1,920 h sun/yr
- Montréal Canada · 480 km · best in Sep · 1,981 h sun/yr
- Montréal Canada · 482 km · best in Sep · 1,981 h sun/yr
- Ottawa Canada · 502 km · best in Sep · 2,034 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 592 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Burlington United States · 598 km · best in Sep · 1,916 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Roberval Canada · 216 km · 1,893 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Nemiscau Canada · 242 km · 1,954 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Saguenay Canada · 303 km · 1,810 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Val-d'Or Canada · 305 km · 1,911 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Waskaganish Canada · 353 km · 1,786 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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