Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 70/100), with August close behind. Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent averages about 1,807 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 105 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,807
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 70/100
- Rain / year
- 1,197 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 13°C / 55°F
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 28 m
When is the best time to visit Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 87 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent?
Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent gets a moderate 1,807 hours of sunshine a year. 70 Sunshine Score points separate July (70) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #200 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,197 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 | -9° / 16°F | -19° / -2°F | 87 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -18° / 0°F | 73 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -12° / 10°F | 77 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -4° / 25°F | 89 mm | 3 | 2° / 36°F |
| May | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 95 mm | 4 | 5° / 41°F |
| June | 48 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 97 mm | 5 | 10° / 50°F |
| July | 70 | 21° / 70°F | 12° / 54°F | 105 mm | 5 | 13° / 55°F |
| August | 70 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 104 mm | 4 | 12° / 54°F |
| September | 45 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 114 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| October | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 116 mm | 2 | 11° / 52°F |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -4° / 25°F | 137 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| December | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -13° / 9°F | 103 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
Sea temperature in Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent by month
The sea off Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent is warmest in July at around 13°C / 55°F, and coolest in February 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
- Goose Bay Canada · 341 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 398 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 477 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 548 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 635 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
- St. John's Canada · 648 km · best in Aug · 1,457 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Canada · 43 km · 1,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Chevery Canada · 77 km · 1,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Natashquan Canada · 80 km · 1,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tête-à-la-Baleine Canada · 102 km · 1,808 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- La Tabatière Canada · 136 km · 1,808 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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