Peace River weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · continental climate
The best time to visit Peace River is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with June and July close behind. Peace River averages about 2,315 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 48 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,315
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 84/100
- Rain / year
- 491 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 7k
- Elevation
- 568 m
When is the best time to visit Peace River?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Peace River is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 33 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Peace River?
Peace River gets a moderate 2,315 hours of sunshine a year. 84 Sunshine Score points separate August (84) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #29 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around June, carries about 41% of the annual 491 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -18° / 0°F | 33 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -17° / 1°F | 20 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -12° / 10°F | 30 mm | 2 |
| April | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -3° / 27°F | 29 mm | 3 |
| May | 55 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 54 mm | 4 |
| June | 79 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 72 mm | 5 |
| July | 79 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 73 mm | 5 |
| August | 84 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 48 mm | 4 |
| September | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 41 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -2° / 28°F | 34 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 32 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -17° / 1°F | 25 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Grande Prairie Canada · 147 km · best in Aug · 2,366 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 204 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 385 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Edmonton Canada · 408 km · best in Aug · 2,549 h sun/yr
- Calgary Canada · 611 km · best in Jul · 2,396 h sun/yr
- Kelowna Canada · 709 km · best in Aug · 2,222 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Whitecourt Canada · 254 km · 2,294 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- High Level Canada · 267 km · 2,376 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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