Ilulissat weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇱 Greenland · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Ilulissat is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 28/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,313
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 28/100
- Rain / year
- 402 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 8°C / 46°F
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 23 m
When is the best time to visit Ilulissat?
Ilulissat never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 28/100, 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 Ilulissat?
Ilulissat gets a moderate 2,313 hours of sunshine a year. July (28/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #2 of 8 destinations in Greenland for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,017 hours. The year's 402 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 | -10° / 14°F | -14° / 7°F | 20 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -16° / 3°F | 16 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -15° / 5°F | 20 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -9° / 16°F | 26 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -1° / 30°F | 35 mm | 2 | 1° / 34°F |
| June | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 35 mm | 3 | 4° / 39°F |
| July | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 39 mm | 3 | 8° / 46°F |
| August | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 58 mm | 2 | 7° / 45°F |
| September | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 46 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| October | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -4° / 25°F | 42 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| November | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -9° / 16°F | 37 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -11° / 12°F | 28 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Ilulissat by month
The sea off Ilulissat is warmest in July at around 8°C / 46°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
- Nuuk Greenland · 562 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 981 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,369 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,385 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,835 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Vágar Faroe Islands · 2,103 km · best in Aug · 998 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Aasiaat Greenland · 90 km · 1,965 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Uummannaq Greenland · 177 km · best in Jul
- Kangerlussuaq Greenland · 249 km · 2,246 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sisimiut Greenland · 278 km · 2,068 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Maniitsoq Greenland · 433 km · 1,761 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Ilulissat compares month by month: Ilulissat vs Reykjavík · Ilulissat vs Nuuk · Ilulissat vs Iqaluit · all comparisons
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