Goose Bay weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Goose Bay is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 66/100), with August close behind. Goose Bay averages about 1,776 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 127 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,776
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 66/100
- Rain / year
- 1,122 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈5.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 8k
- Elevation
- 46 m
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When is the best time to visit Goose Bay?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Goose Bay is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 76 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Goose Bay?
Goose Bay isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,776 hours of sunshine a year. 66 Sunshine Score points separate July (66) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #206 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,122 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 | -14° / 7°F | -24° / -11°F | 76 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -23° / -9°F | 65 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -17° / 1°F | 69 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 79 mm | 3 |
| May | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 89 mm | 4 |
| June | 46 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 112 mm | 4 |
| July | 66 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 127 mm | 4 |
| August | 61 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 125 mm | 4 |
| September | 36 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 97 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 0° / 32°F | 102 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -10° / 14°F | 100 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -18° / 0°F | 81 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sept-Îles Canada · 529 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 805 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- St. John's Canada · 834 km · best in Aug · 1,457 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 857 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Fredericton Canada · 937 km · best in Aug · 2,001 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 965 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Rigolet Canada · 161 km · 1,756 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Postville Canada · 182 km · 1,757 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Makkovik Canada · 211 km · 1,602 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Cartwright Canada · 227 km · 1,550 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Hopedale Canada · 237 km · 1,903 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Goose Bay compares month by month: Goose Bay vs St. John's · Goose Bay vs Charlottetown · Goose Bay vs Sept-Îles · Goose Bay vs Nuuk · all comparisons
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