Sachs Harbour weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Sachs Harbour 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
- 279 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 7°C / 45°F
- Population
- 112
- Elevation
- 80 m
When is the best time to visit Sachs Harbour?
Sachs Harbour 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 Sachs Harbour?
Sachs Harbour 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 August, carries about 44% of the annual 279 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -24° / -11°F | -29° / -20°F | 15 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -24° / -11°F | -29° / -20°F | 11 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -21° / -6°F | -27° / -17°F | 12 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -18° / 0°F | 15 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 18 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 24 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| July | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 39 mm | 3 | 4° / 39°F |
| August | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 42 mm | 2 | 7° / 45°F |
| September | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 42 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| October | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -10° / 14°F | 30 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| November | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -22° / -8°F | 17 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -23° / -9°F | -27° / -17°F | 14 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Sachs Harbour by month
The sea off Sachs Harbour 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
- Yellowknife Canada · 1,153 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 1,209 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,325 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 1,534 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 1,574 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 1,602 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Paulatuk Canada · 296 km · 2,274 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ulukhaktok Canada · 297 km · best in Jul
- Inuvik Canada · 514 km · 2,311 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Colville Lake Canada · 554 km · 2,283 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Aklavik Canada · 557 km · 2,150 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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