Qikiqtarjuaq weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Qikiqtarjuaq 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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- Sun hours / year
- 2,796
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 0/100
- Rain / year
- 464 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 5°C / 41°F
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Qikiqtarjuaq?
Qikiqtarjuaq 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 Qikiqtarjuaq?
Qikiqtarjuaq gets a lot of sun: around 2,796 hours a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It ranks #2 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 464 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 | -21° / -6°F | -25° / -13°F | 23 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -25° / -13°F | 15 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -22° / -8°F | 24 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -16° / 3°F | 23 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -7° / 19°F | 38 mm | 4 | -2° / 28°F |
| June | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 43 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| July | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 57 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| August | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 60 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| September | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 60 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| October | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -5° / 23°F | 47 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| November | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -12° / 10°F | 44 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -21° / -6°F | 30 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Qikiqtarjuaq by month
The sea off Qikiqtarjuaq 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
- Iqaluit Canada · 469 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 562 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 672 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,594 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,894 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,914 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pangnirtung Canada · 172 km · 2,857 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Clyde River Canada · 372 km · best in Jan
- Sisimiut Greenland · 447 km · 2,068 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Aasiaat Greenland · 483 km · 1,965 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Maniitsoq Greenland · 545 km · 1,761 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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