Natashquan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Natashquan is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 59/100), with July close behind. Natashquan averages about 1,807 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 98 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,807
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 59/100
- Rain / year
- 1,129 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 15°C / 59°F
- Elevation
- 9 m
When is the best time to visit Natashquan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Natashquan is August, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 77 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Natashquan?
Natashquan gets a moderate 1,807 hours of sunshine a year. 59 Sunshine Score points separate August (59) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #199 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,129 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 | -12° / 10°F | 77 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -12° / 10°F | 66 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 74 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 87 mm | 3 | 2° / 36°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 96 mm | 4 | 7° / 45°F |
| June | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 93 mm | 5 | 12° / 54°F |
| July | 53 | 17° / 63°F | 13° / 55°F | 98 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| August | 59 | 18° / 64°F | 14° / 57°F | 98 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| September | 35 | 14° / 57°F | 10° / 50°F | 105 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 113 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| November | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 124 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| December | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -7° / 19°F | 98 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
Sea temperature in Natashquan by month
The sea off Natashquan is warmest in July at around 15°C / 59°F, and coolest in February at -2°C / 28°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
- Sept-Îles Canada · 319 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 360 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 445 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 501 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Fredericton Canada · 596 km · best in Aug · 2,001 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 604 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Canada · 37 km · 1,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Canada · 80 km · 1,807 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Havre-Saint-Pierre Canada · 130 km · 1,922 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Chevery Canada · 156 km · 1,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tête-à-la-Baleine Canada · 179 km · 1,808 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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