Juneau weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · continental climate
Juneau is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 39/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,229
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 39/100
- Rain / year
- 3,155 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈8.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 32k
- Elevation
- 6 m
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When is the best time to visit Juneau?
Juneau never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 39/100, 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 Juneau?
Juneau isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,229 hours of sunshine a year. July (39/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #561 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 3,155 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 | -1° / 30°F | -6° / 21°F | 339 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 221 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -5° / 23°F | 209 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 173 mm | 2 |
| May | 5 | 9° / 48°F | 6° / 43°F | 154 mm | 3 |
| June | 29 | 14° / 57°F | 10° / 50°F | 148 mm | 3 |
| July | 39 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 204 mm | 3 |
| August | 39 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 280 mm | 3 |
| September | 24 | 13° / 55°F | 8° / 46°F | 369 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 384 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 329 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 345 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Whitehorse Canada · 263 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Ketchikan United States · 376 km · best in Jul · 1,127 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 862 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 916 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 1,001 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Grande Prairie Canada · 1,016 km · best in Aug · 2,366 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Hoonah United States · 57 km · 1,227 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gustavus United States · 66 km · 1,229 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Haines United States · 113 km · 1,523 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Skagway United States · 130 km · 1,525 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sitka United States · 153 km · 1,083 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Juneau compares month by month: Juneau vs Whitehorse · Juneau vs Fort Saint John · Juneau vs Ketchikan · all comparisons
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