Masset weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Masset is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 43/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,285
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 43/100
- Rain / year
- 1,710 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 16°C / 61°F
- Elevation
- 5 m
When is the best time to visit Masset?
Masset never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 43/100, 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 Masset?
Masset isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,285 hours of sunshine a year. August (43/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #241 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,710 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° / 43°F | 4° / 39°F | 190 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 126 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| March | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 144 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 121 mm | 3 | 8° / 46°F |
| May | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 8° / 46°F | 85 mm | 4 | 10° / 50°F |
| June | 29 | 13° / 55°F | 10° / 50°F | 90 mm | 4 | 12° / 54°F |
| July | 41 | 15° / 59°F | 12° / 54°F | 88 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| August | 43 | 16° / 61°F | 13° / 55°F | 114 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| September | 29 | 14° / 57°F | 11° / 52°F | 153 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
| October | 15 | 11° / 52°F | 9° / 48°F | 207 mm | 1 | 10° / 50°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 6° / 43°F | 202 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 4° / 39°F | 190 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
Sea temperature in Masset by month
The sea off Masset is warmest in August at around 16°C / 61°F, and coolest in January at 6°C / 43°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
- Ketchikan United States · 150 km · best in Jul · 1,127 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 504 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 763 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 763 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Nanaimo Canada · 794 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Vancouver Canada · 817 km · best in Jul · 1,739 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Sandspit Canada · 88 km · 1,474 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Prince Rupert Canada · 113 km · 1,341 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Klawock United States · 183 km · 1,181 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Terrace Canada · 236 km · 1,257 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Wrangell United States · 274 km · 1,205 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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