Nain weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
Nain is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 41/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,729
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 41/100
- Rain / year
- 930 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 6 m
When is the best time to visit Nain?
Nain never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 41/100, 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 Nain?
Nain isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,729 hours of sunshine a year. August (41/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #215 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 930 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -24° / -11°F | 64 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -25° / -13°F | 53 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -19° / -2°F | 55 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -10° / 14°F | 71 mm | 3 |
| May | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 64 mm | 4 |
| June | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 92 mm | 4 |
| July | 38 | 15° / 59°F | 8° / 46°F | 125 mm | 4 |
| August | 41 | 15° / 59°F | 8° / 46°F | 96 mm | 3 |
| September | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 86 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -1° / 30°F | 92 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -11° / 12°F | 72 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -18° / 0°F | 60 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Goose Bay Canada · 368 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 766 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 886 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,009 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 1,145 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- St. John's Canada · 1,164 km · best in Aug · 1,457 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Natuashish Canada · 77 km · 1,903 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Hopedale Canada · 152 km · 1,903 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Postville Canada · 218 km · 1,757 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Makkovik Canada · 226 km · 1,602 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Rigolet Canada · 333 km · 1,756 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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