Pangnirtung weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Pangnirtung is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 14/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,857
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 14/100
- Rain / year
- 532 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 7°C / 45°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 24 m
When is the best time to visit Pangnirtung?
Pangnirtung never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 14/100, 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 Pangnirtung?
Pangnirtung gets a lot of sun: around 2,857 hours a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 14 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. Pangnirtung is the sunniest of the 242 destinations tracked in Canada. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 40% of the annual 532 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -25° / -13°F | 18 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -21° / -6°F | -25° / -13°F | 17 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -21° / -6°F | 24 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -15° / 5°F | 30 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 42 mm | 4 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 66 mm | 3 | 3° / 37°F |
| July | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 70 mm | 3 | 5° / 41°F |
| August | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 5° / 41°F | 79 mm | 2 | 7° / 45°F |
| September | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 63 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| October | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 51 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| November | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -13° / 9°F | 43 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -20° / -4°F | 29 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Pangnirtung by month
The sea off Pangnirtung is warmest in August at around 7°C / 45°F, and coolest in January 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
- Iqaluit Canada · 297 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 689 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 706 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,455 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 1,771 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,994 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Qikiqtarjuaq Canada · 172 km · 2,796 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kimmirut Canada · 417 km · 1,975 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Clyde River Canada · 496 km · best in Jan
- Sisimiut Greenland · 537 km · 2,068 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kinngait Canada · 547 km · 1,904 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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