Kinngait weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Kinngait is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is January (Score 0/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,904
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 0/100
- Rain / year
- 520 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 3°C / 37°F
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 47 m
When is the best time to visit Kinngait?
Kinngait never gets truly sunny weather: January is as good as it gets at 0/100, 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 Kinngait?
Kinngait gets a moderate 1,904 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It ranks #175 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 520 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 | -19° / -2°F | -22° / -8°F | 20 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -23° / -9°F | 15 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -20° / -4°F | 24 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -13° / 9°F | 31 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -6° / 21°F | 43 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 52 mm | 3 | 2° / 36°F |
| July | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 53 mm | 3 | 2° / 36°F |
| August | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 74 mm | 2 | 3° / 37°F |
| September | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 1° / 34°F | 65 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| October | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -2° / 28°F | 61 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| November | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -8° / 18°F | 48 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -15° / 5°F | 34 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Kinngait by month
The sea off Kinngait 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 · 392 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,194 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 1,237 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,518 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 1,671 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 1,812 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ivujivik Canada · 213 km · 1,926 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Salluit Canada · 232 km · 1,909 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Coral Harbour Canada · 330 km · 1,712 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kimmirut Canada · 363 km · 1,975 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kangiqsujuaq Canada · 375 km · 1,928 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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