Dawson City weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Dawson City is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with July close behind. Dawson City averages about 2,181 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 64 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,181
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 80/100
- Rain / year
- 431 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 367 m
When is the best time to visit Dawson City?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Dawson City is June, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 23 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Dawson City?
Dawson City gets a moderate 2,181 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate June (80) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #68 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 July, carries about 45% of the annual 431 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -22° / -8°F | 23 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -21° / -6°F | 14 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -18° / 0°F | 14 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -7° / 19°F | 18 mm | 2 |
| May | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 36 mm | 3 |
| June | 80 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 64 mm | 3 |
| July | 78 | 21° / 70°F | 12° / 54°F | 76 mm | 3 |
| August | 68 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 56 mm | 2 |
| September | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 44 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -5° / 23°F | 31 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -18° / 0°F | 30 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -20° / -4°F | 25 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Whitehorse Canada · 426 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 427 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 639 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 677 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 1,002 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Ketchikan United States · 1,050 km · best in Jul · 1,127 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Chicken United States · 137 km · 2,138 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Northway United States · 184 km · 2,024 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tok United States · 205 km · 2,038 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Circle United States · 306 km · 2,115 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Central United States · 317 km · 2,111 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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