Miquelon weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇲 St. Pierre & Miquelon · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Miquelon is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 60/100). Miquelon averages about 1,543 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 86 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,543
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 60/100
- Rain / year
- 1,176 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 18°C / 64°F
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Miquelon?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Miquelon is August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 105 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Miquelon?
Miquelon isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,543 hours of sunshine a year. 60 Sunshine Score points separate August (60) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It is the less sunny of the two destinations tracked in St. Pierre & Miquelon. The year's 1,176 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 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 105 mm | 1 | 2° / 36°F |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -3° / 27°F | 94 mm | 1 | 1° / 34°F |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 88 mm | 2 | 1° / 34°F |
| April | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 86 mm | 4 | 2° / 36°F |
| May | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 4° / 39°F | 84 mm | 5 | 5° / 41°F |
| June | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 8° / 46°F | 94 mm | 5 | 8° / 46°F |
| July | 41 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 96 mm | 5 | 14° / 57°F |
| August | 60 | 18° / 64°F | 16° / 61°F | 86 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| September | 41 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 96 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| October | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 9° / 48°F | 111 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 119 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 117 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Miquelon by month
The sea off Miquelon is warmest in August at around 18°C / 64°F, and coolest in February at 1°C / 34°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
- St. John's Canada · 279 km · best in Aug · 1,457 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 522 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 603 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 643 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 749 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Fredericton Canada · 788 km · best in Aug · 2,001 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Saint-Pierre St. Pierre & Miquelon · 40 km · 1,580 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Stephenville Canada · 229 km · 1,457 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Gander Canada · 245 km · 1,590 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Deer Lake Canada · 247 km · 1,495 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Canada · 409 km · 1,665 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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