Port McNeill weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Port McNeill is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with August close behind. Port McNeill averages about 1,513 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 73 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,513
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 1,388 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈53 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 15°C / 59°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 56 m
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When is the best time to visit Port McNeill?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Port McNeill is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 166 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Port McNeill?
Port McNeill isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,513 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate July (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #230 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,388 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 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 166 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 102 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 3° / 37°F | 125 mm | 2 | 8° / 46°F |
| April | 17 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 97 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| May | 43 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 73 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| June | 54 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 80 mm | 5 | 12° / 54°F |
| July | 74 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 73 mm | 5 | 14° / 57°F |
| August | 73 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 77 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| September | 51 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 102 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| October | 25 | 13° / 55°F | 7° / 45°F | 153 mm | 2 | 11° / 52°F |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 185 mm | 1 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 155 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
Sea temperature in Port McNeill by month
The sea off Port McNeill 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 · 283 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Vancouver Canada · 315 km · best in Jul · 1,739 h sun/yr
- Victoria (British Columbia) Canada · 336 km · best in Jul · 2,004 h sun/yr
- Abbotsford Canada · 376 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Bellingham United States · 379 km · best in Jul · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Seattle United States · 489 km · best in Jul · 1,896 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Alert Bay Canada · 8 km · 1,513 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Port Hardy Canada · 27 km · 1,514 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Campbell River Canada · 143 km · 1,813 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Comox Canada · 180 km · 1,812 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tofino Canada · 189 km · 1,808 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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