Kodiak weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Kodiak is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 40/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,335
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 40/100
- Rain / year
- 1,473 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 12°C / 54°F
- Population
- 6k
- Elevation
- 8 m
When is the best time to visit Kodiak?
Kodiak never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 40/100, 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 Kodiak?
Kodiak isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,335 hours of sunshine a year. July (40/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #554 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 1,473 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 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 145 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 122 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 89 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 102 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| May | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 104 mm | 3 | 6° / 43°F |
| June | 23 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 95 mm | 4 | 9° / 48°F |
| July | 40 | 15° / 59°F | 11° / 52°F | 99 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| August | 37 | 15° / 59°F | 11° / 52°F | 119 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| September | 20 | 12° / 54°F | 9° / 48°F | 143 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 158 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 132 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 165 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
Sea temperature in Kodiak by month
The sea off Kodiak is warmest in August at around 12°C / 54°F, and coolest in January at 3°C / 37°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
- Anchorage United States · 407 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 628 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 823 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 1,020 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,041 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 1,053 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ouzinkie United States · 21 km · 1,336 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Port Lions United States · 26 km · 1,336 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Old Harbor United States · 75 km · 1,333 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Larsen Bay United States · 91 km · 1,335 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Karluk United States · 118 km · 1,539 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Kodiak compares month by month: Kodiak vs Anchorage · Kodiak vs Fairbanks · Kodiak vs Bethel · all comparisons
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