Gaspé weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Gaspé is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 68/100), with July close behind. Gaspé averages about 1,930 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 86 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,930
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 68/100
- Rain / year
- 1,089 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 20°C / 68°F
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 31 m
When is the best time to visit Gaspé?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Gaspé is August, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 78 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Gaspé?
Gaspé gets a moderate 1,930 hours of sunshine a year. 68 Sunshine Score points separate August (68) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #157 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,089 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 | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -10° / 14°F | 78 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -11° / 12°F | 76 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -7° / 19°F | 83 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 82 mm | 4 | 2° / 36°F |
| May | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 91 mm | 5 | 7° / 45°F |
| June | 43 | 15° / 59°F | 10° / 50°F | 90 mm | 5 | 13° / 55°F |
| July | 67 | 19° / 66°F | 14° / 57°F | 92 mm | 6 | 20° / 68°F |
| August | 68 | 19° / 66°F | 15° / 59°F | 86 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| September | 43 | 15° / 59°F | 10° / 50°F | 92 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| October | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 5° / 41°F | 116 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| November | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 101 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| December | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 102 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
Sea temperature in Gaspé by month
The sea off Gaspé is warmest in July at around 20°C / 68°F, and coolest in February at -2°C / 28°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sept-Îles Canada · 206 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 295 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 296 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Fredericton Canada · 358 km · best in Aug · 2,001 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 439 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
- Bangor United States · 551 km · best in Jul · 2,079 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bonaventure Canada · 106 km · 1,929 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Port-Menier Canada · 119 km · 1,844 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bathurst (New Brunswick) Canada · 158 km · 1,887 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Charlo Canada · 162 km · 1,924 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Havre-Saint-Pierre Canada · 179 km · 1,922 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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