Pituffik weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇱 Greenland · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Pituffik is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is January (Score 0/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 0/100
- Rain / year
- 385 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 2 (low)
- Sea at warmest
- 4°C / 39°F
- Elevation
- 70 m
When is the best time to visit Pituffik?
Pituffik never gets truly sunny weather: January is as good as it gets at 0/100, 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 Pituffik?
Pituffik never scores well for sunshine: even January, its best month, reaches only 0/100. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It is one of 13 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in Greenland. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 45% of the annual 385 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -23° / -9°F | 11 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -21° / -6°F | -24° / -11°F | 11 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -23° / -9°F | 12 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -17° / 1°F | 17 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -7° / 19°F | 21 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| June | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 38 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| July | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 60 mm | 2 | 2° / 36°F |
| August | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 72 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| September | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -4° / 25°F | 40 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| October | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -9° / 16°F | 51 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| November | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -17° / 1°F | 29 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| December | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -21° / -6°F | 23 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Pituffik by month
The sea off Pituffik is warmest in August at around 4°C / 39°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
- Ilulissat Greenland · 986 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,420 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,499 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 2,127 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 2,130 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 2,265 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Qaanaaq Greenland · 108 km · best in Jan
- Grise Fiord Canada · 369 km · best in Jan
- Pond Inlet Canada · 506 km · best in Jul
- Upernavik Greenland · 554 km · best in Jan
- Arctic Bay Canada · 614 km · best in Jul
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