Port Lions weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Port Lions is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 47/100), with August close behind. Port Lions averages about 1,336 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 16°C / 61°F and roughly 85 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,336
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 47/100
- Rain / year
- 1,239 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 12°C / 54°F
- Population
- 6k
- Elevation
- 9 m
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When is the best time to visit Port Lions?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Port Lions is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 117 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Port Lions?
Port Lions isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,336 hours of sunshine a year. 47 Sunshine Score points separate July (47) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #553 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 1,239 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 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 117 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 99 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 78 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 89 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| May | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 5° / 41°F | 87 mm | 3 | 6° / 43°F |
| June | 30 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 81 mm | 4 | 9° / 48°F |
| July | 47 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 85 mm | 4 | 12° / 54°F |
| August | 45 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 102 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| September | 21 | 12° / 54°F | 9° / 48°F | 123 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 128 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 115 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 135 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Port Lions by month
The sea off Port Lions is warmest in July at around 12°C / 54°F, and coolest in January at 4°C / 39°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
- Kodiak United States · 26 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 400 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 602 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 815 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 996 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,053 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ouzinkie United States · 24 km · 1,336 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Larsen Bay United States · 78 km · 1,335 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Old Harbor United States · 78 km · 1,333 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Karluk United States · 102 km · 1,539 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Akhiok United States · 132 km · 1,444 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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