Kuujjuarapik weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subarctic climate
Kuujjuarapik is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 36/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,792
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 36/100
- Rain / year
- 722 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 13°C / 55°F
- Population
- 792
- Elevation
- 9 m
When is the best time to visit Kuujjuarapik?
Kuujjuarapik never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 36/100, 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 Kuujjuarapik?
Kuujjuarapik isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,792 hours of sunshine a year. August (36/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #203 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 722 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 | -23° / -9°F | 34 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -24° / -11°F | 22 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -18° / 0°F | 29 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 35 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 58 mm | 4 | 0° / 32°F |
| June | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 66 mm | 4 | 7° / 45°F |
| July | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 7° / 45°F | 82 mm | 4 | 10° / 50°F |
| August | 36 | 14° / 57°F | 9° / 48°F | 90 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| September | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 101 mm | 2 | 12° / 54°F |
| October | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 82 mm | 1 | 9° / 48°F |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -5° / 23°F | 70 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
| December | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -15° / 5°F | 53 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
Sea temperature in Kuujjuarapik by month
The sea off Kuujjuarapik is warmest in August at around 13°C / 55°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
- Sept-Îles Canada · 955 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Quebec Canada · 1,043 km · best in Aug · 1,920 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,074 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Thunder Bay Canada · 1,103 km · best in Aug · 1,985 h sun/yr
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 1,110 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
- Ottawa Canada · 1,117 km · best in Sep · 2,034 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Umiujaq Canada · 160 km · 1,723 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sanikiluaq Canada · 167 km · 2,140 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Chisasibi Canada · 180 km · 1,901 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- La Grande Rivière Canada · 184 km · 1,967 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Wemindji Canada · 262 km · 1,897 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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