Fort Saint John weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Fort Saint John is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 83/100), with July close behind. Fort Saint John averages about 2,300 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 53 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,300
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 83/100
- Rain / year
- 637 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 21k
- Elevation
- 687 m
When is the best time to visit Fort Saint John?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Fort Saint John is August, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 47 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Fort Saint John?
Fort Saint John gets a moderate 2,300 hours of sunshine a year. 83 Sunshine Score points separate August (83) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #32 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 637 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 | -8° / 18°F | -16° / 3°F | 47 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -16° / 3°F | 29 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -12° / 10°F | 49 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -4° / 25°F | 38 mm | 3 |
| May | 48 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 55 mm | 4 |
| June | 70 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 88 mm | 5 |
| July | 77 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 83 mm | 5 |
| August | 83 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 53 mm | 4 |
| September | 49 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 48 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -2° / 28°F | 52 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 53 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -16° / 3°F | 42 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Grande Prairie Canada · 165 km · best in Aug · 2,366 h sun/yr
- Edmonton Canada · 563 km · best in Aug · 2,549 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 586 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Ketchikan United States · 692 km · best in Jul · 1,127 h sun/yr
- Kelowna Canada · 704 km · best in Aug · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Calgary Canada · 721 km · best in Jul · 2,396 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Peace River Canada · 204 km · 2,315 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Prince George Canada · 289 km · 2,169 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Fort Nelson Canada · 309 km · 2,141 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- High Level Canada · 341 km · 2,376 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Quesnel Canada · 375 km · 2,164 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Fort Saint John compares month by month: Fort Saint John vs Edmonton · Fort Saint John vs Grande Prairie · Fort Saint John vs Fort McMurray · Fort Saint John vs Juneau · all comparisons
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