Cold Bay weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Cold Bay is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 27/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,010
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 27/100
- Rain / year
- 1,146 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 12°C / 54°F
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 25 m
When is the best time to visit Cold Bay?
Cold Bay never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 27/100, 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 Cold Bay?
Cold Bay isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,010 hours of sunshine a year. August (27/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #577 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 1,146 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 | 1° / 34°F | -1° / 30°F | 92 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 92 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 71 mm | 1 | 1° / 34°F |
| April | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 79 mm | 2 | 2° / 36°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 78 mm | 3 | 4° / 39°F |
| June | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 7° / 45°F | 69 mm | 4 | 7° / 45°F |
| July | 23 | 12° / 54°F | 9° / 48°F | 85 mm | 4 | 10° / 50°F |
| August | 27 | 13° / 55°F | 10° / 50°F | 101 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| September | 15 | 11° / 52°F | 8° / 46°F | 122 mm | 2 | 11° / 52°F |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 124 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 116 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 117 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
Sea temperature in Cold Bay by month
The sea off Cold Bay is warmest in August at around 12°C / 54°F, and coolest in January at 1°C / 34°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
- Bethel United States · 622 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 688 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 996 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 1,045 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 1,298 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 1,344 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- King Cove United States · 31 km · 1,010 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- False Pass United States · 59 km · 1,277 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Nelson Lagoon United States · 133 km · 1,176 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sand Point United States · 140 km · 1,227 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Akutan United States · 220 km · 985 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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