Hopedale weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subarctic climate
Hopedale is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 30/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,903
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 30/100
- Rain / year
- 951 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 13°C / 55°F
- Elevation
- 5 m
When is the best time to visit Hopedale?
Hopedale never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 30/100, and January is the low point (0/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.
How sunny is Hopedale?
Hopedale gets a moderate 1,903 hours of sunshine a year. August (30/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #176 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 951 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 | -12° / 10°F | -19° / -2°F | 74 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -20° / -4°F | 67 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -15° / 5°F | 63 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -8° / 18°F | 72 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 69 mm | 4 | 0° / 32°F |
| June | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 3° / 37°F | 83 mm | 4 | 6° / 43°F |
| July | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 96 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| August | 30 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 91 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| September | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 5° / 41°F | 82 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| October | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 93 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 85 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| December | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -13° / 9°F | 76 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Hopedale by month
The sea off Hopedale is warmest in August at around 13°C / 55°F, and coolest in January 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
- Goose Bay Canada · 237 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 708 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- St. John's Canada · 1,011 km · best in Aug · 1,457 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,034 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 1,038 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,081 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Postville Canada · 66 km · 1,757 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Makkovik Canada · 78 km · 1,602 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Natuashish Canada · 79 km · 1,903 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Nain Canada · 152 km · 1,729 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Rigolet Canada · 181 km · 1,756 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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