Repulse Bay weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Repulse Bay is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 27/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,987
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 27/100
- Rain / year
- 435 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 6°C / 43°F
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 17 m
When is the best time to visit Repulse Bay?
Repulse Bay never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 27/100, 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 Repulse Bay?
Repulse Bay gets a moderate 1,987 hours of sunshine a year. July (27/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #132 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 42% of the annual 435 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -26° / -15°F | -31° / -24°F | 16 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -26° / -15°F | -32° / -26°F | 11 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -28° / -18°F | 16 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -19° / -2°F | 23 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -8° / 18°F | 36 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 0° / 32°F | 53 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| July | 27 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 53 mm | 3 | 2° / 36°F |
| August | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 72 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| September | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 59 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| October | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -10° / 14°F | 49 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| November | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -21° / -6°F | 28 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -28° / -18°F | 19 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Repulse Bay by month
The sea off Repulse Bay is warmest in August at around 6°C / 43°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 · 878 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 1,410 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 1,481 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,601 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 1,698 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 1,852 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kugaaruk Canada · 271 km · 2,365 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Coral Harbour Canada · 291 km · 1,712 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sanirajak Canada · 327 km · 2,487 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Igloolik Canada · 366 km · 2,502 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Chesterfield Inlet Canada · 412 km · 2,021 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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