Sanikiluaq weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Sanikiluaq is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 13/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,140
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 13/100
- Rain / year
- 616 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 12°C / 54°F
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 23 m
When is the best time to visit Sanikiluaq?
Sanikiluaq never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 13/100, 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 Sanikiluaq?
Sanikiluaq gets a moderate 2,140 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 13 Sunshine Score points separate August from January. It ranks #101 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 616 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 | -22° / -8°F | 28 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -23° / -9°F | 19 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -19° / -2°F | 26 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -11° / 12°F | 32 mm | 4 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 45 mm | 5 | 0° / 32°F |
| June | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 53 mm | 5 | 6° / 43°F |
| July | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 5° / 41°F | 74 mm | 4 | 9° / 48°F |
| August | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 7° / 45°F | 69 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| September | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 5° / 41°F | 98 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| October | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 68 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| November | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -3° / 27°F | 59 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| December | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -13° / 9°F | 45 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
Sea temperature in Sanikiluaq by month
The sea off Sanikiluaq is warmest in August at around 12°C / 54°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 · 995 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 1,100 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 1,108 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Thunder Bay Canada · 1,133 km · best in Aug · 1,985 h sun/yr
- Quebec Canada · 1,210 km · best in Aug · 1,920 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,250 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kuujjuarapik Canada · 167 km · 1,792 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Umiujaq Canada · 167 km · 1,723 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Inukjuak Canada · 226 km · 1,935 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Chisasibi Canada · 304 km · 1,901 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- La Grande Rivière Canada · 338 km · 1,967 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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