Kugluktuk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subpolar / tundra climate
Kugluktuk is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 28/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,296
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 28/100
- Rain / year
- 335 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 20 m
When is the best time to visit Kugluktuk?
Kugluktuk never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 28/100, 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 Kugluktuk?
Kugluktuk gets a moderate 2,296 hours of sunshine a year. July (28/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #33 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 August, carries about 43% of the annual 335 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -24° / -11°F | -29° / -20°F | 15 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -23° / -9°F | -28° / -18°F | 12 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -24° / -11°F | 16 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -15° / 5°F | 18 mm | 3 |
| May | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 29 mm | 4 |
| June | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 35 mm | 3 |
| July | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 51 mm | 3 |
| August | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 55 mm | 2 |
| September | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 39 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -8° / 18°F | 33 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -21° / -6°F | 17 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -28° / -18°F | 15 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Yellowknife Canada · 596 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,235 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 1,257 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 1,319 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Grande Prairie Canada · 1,418 km · best in Aug · 2,366 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 1,424 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ulukhaktok Canada · 344 km · best in Jul
- Paulatuk Canada · 401 km · 2,274 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Wekweètì Canada · 406 km · 2,335 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gamètì Canada · 423 km · 2,246 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Cambridge Bay Canada · 432 km · 2,386 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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