Cranbrook weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · alpine / mountain town · continental climate
The best time to visit Cranbrook is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with July and September close behind. Cranbrook averages about 2,283 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 28 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,283
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 87/100
- Rain / year
- 579 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 20k
- Elevation
- 931 m
When is the best time to visit Cranbrook?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Cranbrook is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 49 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Cranbrook?
Cranbrook gets a moderate 2,283 hours of sunshine a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate August (87) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #40 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 579 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 | -3° / 27°F | -13° / 9°F | 49 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -12° / 10°F | 38 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -6° / 21°F | 54 mm | 3 |
| April | 14 | 10° / 50°F | -1° / 30°F | 45 mm | 4 |
| May | 61 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 58 mm | 5 |
| June | 79 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 73 mm | 6 |
| July | 86 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 32 mm | 7 |
| August | 87 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 28 mm | 6 |
| September | 85 | 21° / 70°F | 7° / 45°F | 41 mm | 4 |
| October | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 47 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -6° / 21°F | 59 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -13° / 9°F | 55 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kalispell United States · 183 km · best in Jul · 2,199 h sun/yr
- Calgary Canada · 210 km · best in Jul · 2,396 h sun/yr
- Spokane United States · 256 km · best in Jul · 2,367 h sun/yr
- Kelowna Canada · 261 km · best in Aug · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Missoula United States · 325 km · best in Jul · 2,308 h sun/yr
- Great Falls United States · 402 km · best in Jul · 2,659 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Castlegar Canada · 138 km · 2,020 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Trail Canada · 146 km · 2,019 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Lethbridge Canada · 215 km · 2,628 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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