Inuvik weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Inuvik is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 69/100). Inuvik averages about 2,311 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 54 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,311
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 69/100
- Rain / year
- 373 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 60 m
When is the best time to visit Inuvik?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Inuvik is July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 22 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Inuvik?
Inuvik gets a moderate 2,311 hours of sunshine a year. 69 Sunshine Score points separate July (69) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #30 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 43% of the annual 373 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -23° / -9°F | -30° / -22°F | 22 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -29° / -20°F | 17 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -27° / -17°F | 19 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -15° / 5°F | 20 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -3° / 27°F | 30 mm | 3 |
| June | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 38 mm | 3 |
| July | 69 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 54 mm | 3 |
| August | 47 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 60 mm | 2 |
| September | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 45 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -10° / 14°F | 29 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -23° / -9°F | 20 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -28° / -18°F | 19 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Fairbanks United States · 742 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 848 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 1,088 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 1,107 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 1,108 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 1,232 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Aklavik Canada · 63 km · 2,150 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Fort Mcpherson Canada · 115 km · 2,135 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Old Crow Canada · 278 km · 2,379 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Fort Good Hope Canada · 309 km · 2,309 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Colville Lake Canada · 342 km · 2,283 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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