Pond Inlet weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Pond Inlet 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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- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 13/100
- Rain / year
- 347 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 5°C / 41°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 58 m

When is the best time to visit Pond Inlet?
Pond Inlet 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 Pond Inlet?
Pond Inlet never scores well for sunshine: even July, its best month, reaches only 13/100. Conditions barely change through the year — only 13 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. It is one of 249 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in Canada. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 46% of the annual 347 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -25° / -13°F | -28° / -18°F | 11 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -26° / -15°F | -29° / -20°F | 9 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -27° / -17°F | 13 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -19° / -2°F | 18 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 23 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| June | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 41 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| July | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 60 mm | 2 | 2° / 36°F |
| August | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 57 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| September | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 41 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| October | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -11° / 12°F | 38 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| November | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -21° / -6°F | 19 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| December | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -26° / -15°F | 17 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Pond Inlet by month
The sea off Pond Inlet is warmest in August at around 5°C / 41°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 · 1,037 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,064 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,410 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 1,871 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 2,307 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 2,322 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Arctic Bay Canada · 235 km · best in Jul
- Igloolik Canada · 395 km · 2,502 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Clyde River Canada · 412 km · best in Jan
- Grise Fiord Canada · 440 km · best in Jan
- Sanirajak Canada · 451 km · 2,487 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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