Kangirsuk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Kangirsuk is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 25/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,949
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 25/100
- Rain / year
- 623 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 8°C / 46°F
- Population
- 561
- Elevation
- 110 m
When is the best time to visit Kangirsuk?
Kangirsuk never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 25/100, 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 Kangirsuk?
Kangirsuk gets a moderate 1,949 hours of sunshine a year. July (25/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #150 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 623 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 | -21° / -6°F | -28° / -18°F | 27 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -28° / -18°F | 21 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -23° / -9°F | 31 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -14° / 7°F | 39 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -6° / 21°F | 51 mm | 4 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 72 mm | 4 | 0° / 32°F |
| July | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 4° / 39°F | 84 mm | 4 | 4° / 39°F |
| August | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 77 mm | 3 | 8° / 46°F |
| September | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 0° / 32°F | 80 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| October | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -4° / 25°F | 65 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| November | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -12° / 10°F | 43 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| December | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -21° / -6°F | 33 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Kangirsuk by month
The sea off Kangirsuk is warmest in August 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
- Iqaluit Canada · 421 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 946 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,054 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 1,115 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 1,354 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Quebec Canada · 1,475 km · best in Aug · 1,920 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Aupaluk Canada · 84 km · 1,404 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Quaqtaq Canada · 115 km · 2,162 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Tasiujaq Canada · 151 km · 1,980 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kangiqsujuaq Canada · 203 km · 1,928 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kuujjuaq Canada · 233 km · 1,978 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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