Paamiut weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇱 Greenland · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Paamiut is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 13/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,920
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 13/100
- Rain / year
- 1,233 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 4°C / 39°F
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 36 m
When is the best time to visit Paamiut?
Paamiut never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 13/100, 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 Paamiut?
Paamiut gets a lot of sun: around 2,920 hours a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 13 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. Paamiut is the sunniest of the 8 destinations tracked in Greenland. The year's 1,233 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 | -4° / 25°F | -8° / 18°F | 87 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -8° / 18°F | 82 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 71 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 86 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 90 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| June | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 106 mm | 4 | 2° / 36°F |
| July | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 98 mm | 4 | 3° / 37°F |
| August | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 129 mm | 3 | 4° / 39°F |
| September | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 147 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| October | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 94 mm | 1 | 2° / 36°F |
| November | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -4° / 25°F | 133 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -6° / 21°F | 110 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Paamiut by month
The sea off Paamiut is warmest in August at around 4°C / 39°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
- Nuuk Greenland · 262 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 806 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 973 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,156 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,373 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,405 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Maniitsoq Greenland · 411 km · 1,761 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kangerlussuaq Greenland · 558 km · 2,246 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sisimiut Greenland · 582 km · 2,068 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kulusuk Greenland · 730 km · 1,569 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Aasiaat Greenland · 759 km · 1,965 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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