Kamloops weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · regional city · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Kamloops is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with July and September close behind. Kamloops averages about 2,267 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,267
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 446 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 104k
- Elevation
- 344 m
When is the best time to visit Kamloops?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kamloops is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 40 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kamloops?
Kamloops gets a moderate 2,267 hours of sunshine a year. 88 Sunshine Score points separate August (88) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #46 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 446 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 | 2° / 36°F | -6° / 21°F | 40 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 28 mm | 1 |
| March | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 33 mm | 2 |
| April | 43 | 14° / 57°F | 2° / 36°F | 29 mm | 4 |
| May | 84 | 21° / 70°F | 7° / 45°F | 43 mm | 5 |
| June | 83 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 51 mm | 5 |
| July | 86 | 29° / 84°F | 14° / 57°F | 31 mm | 6 |
| August | 88 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 24 mm | 5 |
| September | 86 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 35 mm | 4 |
| October | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 42 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -1° / 30°F | 46 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -6° / 21°F | 44 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kelowna Canada · 113 km · best in Aug · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Abbotsford Canada · 231 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Vancouver Canada · 258 km · best in Jul · 1,739 h sun/yr
- Bellingham United States · 260 km · best in Jul · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Nanaimo Canada · 306 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Victoria (British Columbia) Canada · 313 km · best in Jul · 2,004 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Penticton Canada · 151 km · 2,219 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Williams Lake Canada · 199 km · 2,264 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Castlegar Canada · 255 km · 2,020 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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