Quesnel weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · continental climate
The best time to visit Quesnel is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with July and June close behind. Quesnel averages about 2,164 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 39 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,164
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 84/100
- Rain / year
- 605 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 544 m
When is the best time to visit Quesnel?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Quesnel is August, then July and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 55 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Quesnel?
Quesnel gets a moderate 2,164 hours of sunshine a year. 84 Sunshine Score points separate August (84) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #78 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 605 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 55 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -10° / 14°F | 38 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 42 mm | 2 |
| April | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 39 mm | 3 |
| May | 68 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 51 mm | 4 |
| June | 81 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 59 mm | 5 |
| July | 82 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 54 mm | 5 |
| August | 84 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 39 mm | 5 |
| September | 75 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 52 mm | 3 |
| October | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 65 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -4° / 25°F | 61 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 50 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Grande Prairie Canada · 336 km · best in Aug · 2,366 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 375 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Kelowna Canada · 404 km · best in Aug · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Vancouver Canada · 429 km · best in Jul · 1,739 h sun/yr
- Abbotsford Canada · 445 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Nanaimo Canada · 452 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Prince George Canada · 96 km · 2,169 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Williams Lake Canada · 99 km · 2,264 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Anahim Lake Canada · 199 km · 2,214 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Burns Lake Canada · 272 km · 2,013 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Bella Coola Canada · 284 km · 1,445 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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