Port Hardy weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Port Hardy is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with August close behind. Port Hardy averages about 1,514 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 74 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,514
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 1,767 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈52 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 15°C / 59°F
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 15 m
When is the best time to visit Port Hardy?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Port Hardy is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 224 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Port Hardy?
Port Hardy isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,514 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate July (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #228 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,767 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 | 7° / 45°F | 2° / 36°F | 224 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| February | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 1° / 34°F | 131 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 166 mm | 2 | 8° / 46°F |
| April | 16 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 123 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| May | 43 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 78 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| June | 54 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 85 mm | 5 | 12° / 54°F |
| July | 74 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 74 mm | 5 | 14° / 57°F |
| August | 71 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 86 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| September | 53 | 18° / 64°F | 10° / 50°F | 131 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| October | 25 | 13° / 55°F | 7° / 45°F | 207 mm | 2 | 11° / 52°F |
| November | 5 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 253 mm | 1 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 209 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
Sea temperature in Port Hardy by month
The sea off Port Hardy is warmest in August at around 15°C / 59°F, and coolest in January at 8°C / 46°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
- Nanaimo Canada · 309 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Vancouver Canada · 342 km · best in Jul · 1,739 h sun/yr
- Victoria (British Columbia) Canada · 363 km · best in Jul · 2,004 h sun/yr
- Abbotsford Canada · 403 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Bellingham United States · 405 km · best in Jul · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Seattle United States · 514 km · best in Jul · 1,896 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Port McNeill Canada · 27 km · 1,513 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Alert Bay Canada · 34 km · 1,513 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Campbell River Canada · 170 km · 1,813 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bella Bella Canada · 176 km · 1,438 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Bella Coola Canada · 197 km · 1,445 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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