Kimmirut weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Kimmirut 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
- 1,975
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 25/100
- Rain / year
- 700 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 3°C / 37°F
- Population
- 426
- Elevation
- 44 m
When is the best time to visit Kimmirut?
Kimmirut 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 Kimmirut?
Kimmirut gets a moderate 1,975 hours of sunshine a year. July (25/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #142 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 700 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 | -20° / -4°F | -26° / -15°F | 24 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -27° / -17°F | 19 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -23° / -9°F | 32 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -15° / 5°F | 42 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 58 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 76 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| July | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 91 mm | 3 | 2° / 36°F |
| August | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 95 mm | 3 | 3° / 37°F |
| September | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 92 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| October | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -6° / 21°F | 72 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| November | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -13° / 9°F | 58 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -19° / -2°F | 41 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Kimmirut by month
The sea off Kimmirut is warmest in August at around 3°C / 37°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 · 121 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 911 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 1,100 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,194 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 1,421 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Quebec Canada · 1,788 km · best in Aug · 1,920 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kangiqsujuaq Canada · 176 km · 1,928 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Quaqtaq Canada · 201 km · 2,162 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Salluit Canada · 306 km · 1,909 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kangirsuk Canada · 314 km · 1,949 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kinngait Canada · 363 km · 1,904 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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