Quaqtaq weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Quaqtaq 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
- 2,162
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 0/100
- Rain / year
- 609 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 7°C / 45°F
- Elevation
- 30 m
When is the best time to visit Quaqtaq?
Quaqtaq 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 Quaqtaq?
Quaqtaq gets a moderate 2,162 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It ranks #81 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 609 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 | -17° / 1°F | -21° / -6°F | 28 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -23° / -9°F | 23 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -19° / -2°F | 32 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -12° / 10°F | 40 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 46 mm | 4 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 62 mm | 4 | 0° / 32°F |
| July | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 76 mm | 4 | 6° / 43°F |
| August | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 71 mm | 3 | 7° / 45°F |
| September | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 74 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| October | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -1° / 30°F | 66 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| November | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -6° / 21°F | 51 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| December | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -14° / 7°F | 40 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Quaqtaq by month
The sea off Quaqtaq is warmest in August at around 7°C / 45°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 · 306 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 978 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,020 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 1,221 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 1,248 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Quebec Canada · 1,589 km · best in Aug · 1,920 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kangirsuk Canada · 115 km · 1,949 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kangiqsujuaq Canada · 137 km · 1,928 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Aupaluk Canada · 195 km · 1,404 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kimmirut Canada · 201 km · 1,975 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tasiujaq Canada · 265 km · 1,980 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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