Kugaaruk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Kugaaruk is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 27/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,365
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 27/100
- Rain / year
- 415 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 4°C / 39°F
- Population
- 933
- Elevation
- 8 m
When is the best time to visit Kugaaruk?
Kugaaruk never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 27/100, 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 Kugaaruk?
Kugaaruk gets a moderate 2,365 hours of sunshine a year. July (27/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #20 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 43% of the annual 415 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -27° / -17°F | -33° / -27°F | 15 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -28° / -18°F | -33° / -27°F | 12 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -21° / -6°F | -29° / -20°F | 17 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -19° / -2°F | 27 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -9° / 16°F | 34 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 56 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| July | 27 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 58 mm | 3 | 0° / 32°F |
| August | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 64 mm | 2 | 3° / 37°F |
| September | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 53 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| October | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -12° / 10°F | 38 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| November | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -24° / -11°F | 22 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -24° / -11°F | -30° / -22°F | 19 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Kugaaruk by month
The sea off Kugaaruk is warmest in September at around 4°C / 39°F, and coolest in January at -1°C / 30°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 · 1,085 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 1,308 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 1,528 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 1,698 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,735 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Saskatoon Canada · 2,027 km · best in Aug · 2,625 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Taloyoak Canada · 187 km · 2,339 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gjoa Haven Canada · 246 km · 2,323 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Repulse Bay Canada · 271 km · 1,987 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Igloolik Canada · 332 km · 2,502 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sanirajak Canada · 347 km · 2,487 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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