Igloolik weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Igloolik is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 7/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,502
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 7/100
- Rain / year
- 385 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 4°C / 39°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 49 m
When is the best time to visit Igloolik?
Igloolik never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 7/100, 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 Igloolik?
Igloolik gets a lot of sun: around 2,502 hours a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 7 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. It ranks #10 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 385 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 | -26° / -15°F | -30° / -22°F | 14 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -26° / -15°F | -31° / -24°F | 12 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -21° / -6°F | -27° / -17°F | 17 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -18° / 0°F | 23 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 30 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 47 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| July | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 50 mm | 3 | 4° / 39°F |
| August | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 54 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| September | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 46 mm | 1 | 2° / 36°F |
| October | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -10° / 14°F | 47 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| November | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -21° / -6°F | 26 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -26° / -15°F | 19 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Igloolik by month
The sea off Igloolik is warmest in July at around 4°C / 39°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
- Iqaluit Canada · 853 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 1,196 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,422 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 1,640 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 2,012 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 2,093 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Sanirajak Canada · 69 km · 2,487 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kugaaruk Canada · 332 km · 2,365 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Repulse Bay Canada · 366 km · 1,987 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pond Inlet Canada · 395 km · best in Jul
- Arctic Bay Canada · 421 km · best in Jul
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