Dauphin weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · continental climate
The best time to visit Dauphin is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 82/100), with August and September close behind. Dauphin averages about 2,485 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 60 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,485
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 82/100
- Rain / year
- 520 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 8k
- Elevation
- 303 m
When is the best time to visit Dauphin?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Dauphin is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 19 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Dauphin?
Dauphin gets a moderate 2,485 hours of sunshine a year. 82 Sunshine Score points separate July (82) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #13 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around June, carries about 43% of the annual 520 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -20° / -4°F | 19 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -19° / -2°F | 16 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -10° / 14°F | 32 mm | 3 |
| April | 15 | 10° / 50°F | -1° / 30°F | 32 mm | 4 |
| May | 60 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 70 mm | 5 |
| June | 76 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 93 mm | 5 |
| July | 82 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 60 mm | 6 |
| August | 82 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 64 mm | 5 |
| September | 78 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 48 mm | 3 |
| October | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 44 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 23 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -16° / 3°F | 19 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Winnipeg Canada · 239 km · best in Aug · 2,491 h sun/yr
- Minot United States · 328 km · best in Sep · 2,684 h sun/yr
- Regina Canada · 333 km · best in Sep · 2,633 h sun/yr
- Saskatoon Canada · 474 km · best in Aug · 2,625 h sun/yr
- Bismarck United States · 484 km · best in Sep · 2,676 h sun/yr
- Fargo United States · 521 km · best in Aug · 2,543 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Brandon Canada · 133 km · 2,612 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Bloodvein River Canada · 245 km · 2,152 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Berens River Canada · 251 km · 1,915 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- The Pas Canada · 327 km · 2,294 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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