Kuujjuaq weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Kuujjuaq is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 55/100), with August close behind. Kuujjuaq averages about 1,978 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 17°C / 63°F and roughly 93 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,978
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 55/100
- Rain / year
- 699 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 35 m
When is the best time to visit Kuujjuaq?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kuujjuaq is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 33 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kuujjuaq?
Kuujjuaq gets a moderate 1,978 hours of sunshine a year. 55 Sunshine Score points separate July (55) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #140 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 699 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -29° / -20°F | 33 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -29° / -20°F | 27 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -22° / -8°F | 32 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -13° / 9°F | 41 mm | 3 |
| May | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 55 mm | 3 |
| June | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 80 mm | 4 |
| July | 55 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 93 mm | 4 |
| August | 50 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 83 mm | 3 |
| September | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 94 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -3° / 27°F | 72 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -14° / 7°F | 50 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -23° / -9°F | 39 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Iqaluit Canada · 629 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 729 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 887 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,120 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Quebec Canada · 1,273 km · best in Aug · 1,920 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 1,356 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tasiujaq Canada · 109 km · 1,980 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Aupaluk Canada · 150 km · 1,404 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kangiqsualujjuaq Canada · 157 km · 1,758 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kangirsuk Canada · 233 km · 1,949 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Quaqtaq Canada · 335 km · 2,162 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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