Maniitsoq weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇱 Greenland · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Maniitsoq is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 12/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,761
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 12/100
- Rain / year
- 954 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 5°C / 41°F
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 12 m
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When is the best time to visit Maniitsoq?
Maniitsoq never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 12/100, 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 Maniitsoq?
Maniitsoq isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,761 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 12 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. It ranks #7 of 8 destinations in Greenland for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,017 hours. The year's 954 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 | -6° / 21°F | -10° / 14°F | 62 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| February | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -11° / 12°F | 56 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -11° / 12°F | 55 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 63 mm | 2 | 0° / 32°F |
| May | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 74 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| June | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 76 mm | 3 | 3° / 37°F |
| July | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 82 mm | 3 | 5° / 41°F |
| August | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 92 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| September | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 115 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| October | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 89 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| November | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -6° / 21°F | 103 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| December | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -8° / 18°F | 87 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Maniitsoq by month
The sea off Maniitsoq is warmest in July at around 5°C / 41°F, and coolest in February 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
- Nuuk Greenland · 148 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 433 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 765 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,408 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,436 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,461 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Sisimiut Greenland · 175 km · 2,068 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kangerlussuaq Greenland · 204 km · 2,246 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Aasiaat Greenland · 368 km · 1,965 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Paamiut Greenland · 411 km · 2,920 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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