Fairbanks weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Fairbanks is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 78/100), with July close behind. Fairbanks averages about 2,066 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 70 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,066
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 78/100
- Rain / year
- 519 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 32k
- Elevation
- 129 m
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When is the best time to visit Fairbanks?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Fairbanks is June, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 24 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Fairbanks?
Fairbanks gets a moderate 2,066 hours of sunshine a year. 78 Sunshine Score points separate June (78) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #379 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 46% of the annual 519 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -22° / -8°F | 24 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -19° / -2°F | 23 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -18° / 0°F | 19 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -6° / 21°F | 23 mm | 2 |
| May | 49 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 34 mm | 3 |
| June | 78 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 70 mm | 3 |
| July | 74 | 21° / 70°F | 12° / 54°F | 90 mm | 3 |
| August | 63 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 80 mm | 3 |
| September | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 56 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -6° / 21°F | 36 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -17° / 1°F | 34 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -20° / -4°F | 30 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Anchorage United States · 418 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 707 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 793 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 823 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 835 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 838 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Minto United States · 80 km · 2,126 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Rampart United States · 132 km · 2,090 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Manley Hot Springs United States · 133 km · 2,106 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Stevens Village United States · 145 km · 2,224 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Central United States · 166 km · 2,111 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Fairbanks compares month by month: Fairbanks vs Anchorage · Fairbanks vs Whitehorse · Fairbanks vs Kodiak · Fairbanks vs Nome · all comparisons
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