Qaanaaq weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇱 Greenland · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Qaanaaq 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
- 278 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 5°C / 41°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 14 m
When is the best time to visit Qaanaaq?
Qaanaaq 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 Qaanaaq?
Qaanaaq 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 July, carries about 52% of the annual 278 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -23° / -9°F | 7 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -23° / -9°F | 7 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -23° / -9°F | 9 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -16° / 3°F | 13 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 12 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| June | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 30 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| July | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 51 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| August | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 64 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| September | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -4° / 25°F | 25 mm | 1 | 2° / 36°F |
| October | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -10° / 14°F | 30 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| November | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -17° / 1°F | 15 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| December | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -21° / -6°F | 15 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Qaanaaq by month
The sea off Qaanaaq is warmest in July 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 · 1,076 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,527 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,598 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 2,173 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 2,174 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 2,284 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pituffik Greenland · 108 km · best in Jan
- Grise Fiord Canada · 358 km · best in Jan
- Pond Inlet Canada · 586 km · best in Jul
- Upernavik Greenland · 642 km · best in Jan
- Arctic Bay Canada · 663 km · best in Jul
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