Kotzebue weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · subarctic climate
Kotzebue is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 39/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,092
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 39/100
- Rain / year
- 516 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 12°C / 54°F
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Kotzebue?
Kotzebue never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 39/100, 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 Kotzebue?
Kotzebue gets a moderate 2,092 hours of sunshine a year. July (39/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #364 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 516 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 | -17° / 1°F | -21° / -6°F | 31 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -20° / -4°F | 42 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -19° / -2°F | 24 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -11° / 12°F | 29 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -1° / 30°F | 35 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 36 mm | 4 | 1° / 34°F |
| July | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 9° / 48°F | 70 mm | 3 | 10° / 50°F |
| August | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 9° / 48°F | 76 mm | 2 | 12° / 54°F |
| September | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 52 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| October | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -4° / 25°F | 47 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| November | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -14° / 7°F | 37 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -19° / -2°F | 37 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Kotzebue by month
The sea off Kotzebue is warmest in August at around 12°C / 54°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
- Nome United States · 294 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 680 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 707 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 880 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 1,139 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,499 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Noorvik United States · 69 km · 1,924 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Noatak United States · 77 km · 2,194 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Deering United States · 91 km · 2,058 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kiana United States · 95 km · 1,928 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Selawik United States · 119 km · 2,132 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Kotzebue compares month by month: Kotzebue vs Fairbanks · Kotzebue vs Bethel · Kotzebue vs Nome · all comparisons
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