Halifax weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Halifax is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 76/100), with August and September close behind. Halifax averages about 1,928 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 75 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,928
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 76/100
- Rain / year
- 1,094 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 472k
- Elevation
- 136 m
When is the best time to visit Halifax?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Halifax is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 84 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Halifax?
Halifax gets a moderate 1,928 hours of sunshine a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate July (76) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #159 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,094 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 | -2° / 28°F | -10° / 14°F | 84 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -9° / 16°F | 83 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -6° / 21°F | 79 mm | 3 |
| April | 6 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 86 mm | 4 |
| May | 44 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 83 mm | 5 |
| June | 66 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 95 mm | 6 |
| July | 76 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 75 mm | 6 |
| August | 75 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 83 mm | 6 |
| September | 73 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 91 mm | 5 |
| October | 29 | 13° / 55°F | 5° / 41°F | 113 mm | 3 |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 108 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -5° / 23°F | 114 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Charlottetown Canada · 159 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 165 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Fredericton Canada · 260 km · best in Aug · 2,001 h sun/yr
- Bangor United States · 419 km · best in Jul · 2,079 h sun/yr
- Portland (Maine) United States · 558 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 629 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Saint John Canada · 193 km · 1,943 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Canada · 313 km · 1,665 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Bathurst (New Brunswick) Canada · 350 km · 1,887 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Halifax compares month by month: Halifax vs St. John's · Halifax vs Moncton · Halifax vs Fredericton · Halifax vs Charlottetown · all comparisons
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