Makkovik weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Makkovik is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 46/100), with July close behind. Makkovik averages about 1,602 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 16°C / 61°F and roughly 100 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,602
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 46/100
- Rain / year
- 1,088 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈6.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 11°C / 52°F
- Elevation
- 67 m
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When is the best time to visit Makkovik?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Makkovik is August, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 86 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Makkovik?
Makkovik isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,602 hours of sunshine a year. 46 Sunshine Score points separate August (46) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #224 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,088 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 | -13° / 9°F | -22° / -8°F | 86 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -22° / -8°F | 83 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -17° / 1°F | 77 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -9° / 16°F | 80 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 80 mm | 4 | 0° / 32°F |
| June | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 92 mm | 5 | 5° / 41°F |
| July | 45 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 109 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| August | 46 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 100 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| September | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 91 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| October | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 104 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -9° / 16°F | 97 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| December | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -16° / 3°F | 89 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
Sea temperature in Makkovik by month
The sea off Makkovik is warmest in July at around 11°C / 52°F, and coolest in January 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 · 211 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 720 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- St. John's Canada · 941 km · best in Aug · 1,457 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 1,015 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 1,069 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,096 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Postville Canada · 42 km · 1,757 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Hopedale Canada · 78 km · 1,903 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Rigolet Canada · 110 km · 1,756 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Natuashish Canada · 156 km · 1,903 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Cartwright Canada · 208 km · 1,550 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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