Fort Nelson weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Fort Nelson is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 79/100), with July and June close behind. Fort Nelson averages about 2,141 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 65 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,141
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 79/100
- Rain / year
- 505 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 379 m
When is the best time to visit Fort Nelson?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Fort Nelson is August, then July and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 29 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Fort Nelson?
Fort Nelson gets a moderate 2,141 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate August (79) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #100 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 505 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -22° / -8°F | 29 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -20° / -4°F | 19 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -16° / 3°F | 32 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -5° / 23°F | 26 mm | 3 |
| May | 55 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 50 mm | 4 |
| June | 76 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 85 mm | 4 |
| July | 77 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 79 mm | 4 |
| August | 79 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 65 mm | 4 |
| September | 49 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 37 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 29 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -14° / 7°F | 29 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -20° / -4°F | 25 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Fort Saint John Canada · 309 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Grande Prairie Canada · 464 km · best in Aug · 2,366 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 599 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Ketchikan United States · 672 km · best in Jul · 1,127 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 695 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 716 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- High Level Canada · 314 km · 2,376 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Fort Simpson Canada · 334 km · 2,328 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Watson Lake Canada · 379 km · 2,020 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Peace River Canada · 423 km · 2,315 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Dease Lake Canada · 433 km · 1,977 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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