Resolute Bay weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Resolute Bay 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
- 312 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 1°C / 34°F
- Elevation
- 64 m
When is the best time to visit Resolute Bay?
Resolute Bay 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 Resolute Bay?
Resolute Bay 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 249 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in Canada. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around July, carries about 43% of the annual 312 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -25° / -13°F | -29° / -20°F | 13 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -26° / -15°F | -30° / -22°F | 11 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -23° / -9°F | -27° / -17°F | 16 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -20° / -4°F | 17 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -9° / 16°F | 23 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| June | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 34 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| July | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 49 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| August | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 52 mm | 1 | 1° / 34°F |
| September | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -4° / 25°F | 33 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| October | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -13° / 9°F | 29 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| November | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -22° / -8°F | 19 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| December | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -26° / -15°F | 16 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Resolute Bay by month
The sea off Resolute Bay is warmest in August at around 1°C / 34°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
- Yellowknife Canada · 1,558 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,575 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Ilulissat Greenland · 1,582 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 1,983 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 2,124 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 2,207 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Arctic Bay Canada · 360 km · best in Jul
- Grise Fiord Canada · 383 km · best in Jan
- Pond Inlet Canada · 574 km · best in Jul
- Taloyoak Canada · 577 km · 2,339 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gjoa Haven Canada · 677 km · 2,323 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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