Deer Lake weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · continental climate
The best time to visit Deer Lake is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 68/100), with August and June close behind. Deer Lake averages about 1,495 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 102 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,495
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 68/100
- Rain / year
- 1,176 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 16 m

When is the best time to visit Deer Lake?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Deer Lake is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 109 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Deer Lake?
Deer Lake isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,495 hours of sunshine a year. 68 Sunshine Score points separate July (68) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #231 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,176 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 | -4° / 25°F | -11° / 12°F | 109 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -11° / 12°F | 99 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 77 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -2° / 28°F | 73 mm | 3 |
| May | 30 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 83 mm | 4 |
| June | 59 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 87 mm | 5 |
| July | 68 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 102 mm | 5 |
| August | 67 | 22° / 72°F | 13° / 55°F | 109 mm | 4 |
| September | 50 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 113 mm | 3 |
| October | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 106 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -1° / 30°F | 107 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -7° / 19°F | 111 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- St. John's Canada · 386 km · best in Aug · 1,457 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 503 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 537 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 644 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 647 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 667 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Stephenville Canada · 112 km · 1,457 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Gander Canada · 208 km · 1,590 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- La Tabatière Canada · 213 km · 1,808 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Chevery Canada · 213 km · 1,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tête-à-la-Baleine Canada · 216 km · 1,808 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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