Medicine Hat weather by month & the best time to visit

🇨🇦 Canada · small town · hot-summer continental climate

The best time to visit Medicine Hat is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 89/100), with September and August close behind. Medicine Hat averages about 2,665 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 31 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

2,665

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

89/100

Rain / year

372 mm

Snow / year

≈1.1 m

Midday UV at peak

7 (high)

Population

63k

Elevation

716 m

When is the best time to visit Medicine Hat?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Medicine Hat is July, then September and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 20 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Medicine Hat?

Medicine Hat gets a lot of sun: around 2,665 hours a year. 89 Sunshine Score points separate July (89) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around May, carries about 41% of the annual 372 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Calgary Canada · 262 km · best in Jul · 2,396 h sun/yr
• Great Falls United States · 286 km · best in Jul · 2,659 h sun/yr
• Kalispell United States · 320 km · best in Jul · 2,199 h sun/yr
• Saskatoon Canada · 369 km · best in Aug · 2,625 h sun/yr
• Edmonton Canada · 416 km · best in Aug · 2,549 h sun/yr
• Missoula United States · 425 km · best in Jul · 2,308 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Lethbridge Canada · 155 km · 2,628 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Havre United States · 178 km · 2,758 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Cranbrook Canada · 366 km · 2,283 h sun/yr · best in Aug