Fort Chipewyan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Fort Chipewyan is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with August and July close behind. Fort Chipewyan averages about 2,169 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 60 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,169
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 80/100
- Rain / year
- 463 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Elevation
- 223 m
When is the best time to visit Fort Chipewyan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Fort Chipewyan is June, then August and 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 Fort Chipewyan?
Fort Chipewyan gets a moderate 2,169 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate June (80) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #73 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 41% of the annual 463 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -27° / -17°F | 23 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -25° / -13°F | 17 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -18° / 0°F | 26 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -6° / 21°F | 29 mm | 3 |
| May | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 46 mm | 4 |
| June | 80 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 60 mm | 5 |
| July | 78 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 71 mm | 4 |
| August | 80 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 61 mm | 4 |
| September | 41 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 49 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -3° / 27°F | 33 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -15° / 5°F | 25 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -25° / -13°F | 23 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Fort McMurray Canada · 235 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 449 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Grande Prairie Canada · 616 km · best in Aug · 2,366 h sun/yr
- Edmonton Canada · 626 km · best in Aug · 2,549 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 639 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Saskatoon Canada · 784 km · best in Aug · 2,625 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Uranium City Canada · 174 km · 1,789 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Fond-du-Lac Canada · 234 km · 2,109 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Stony Rapids Canada · 307 km · 2,170 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Hay River Canada · 348 km · 2,272 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- High Level Canada · 350 km · 2,376 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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