Sept-Îles weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · continental climate
The best time to visit Sept-Îles is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 57/100), with July close behind. Sept-Îles averages about 1,867 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 17°C / 63°F and roughly 76 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,867
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 57/100
- Rain / year
- 969 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 10°C / 50°F
- Population
- 29k
- Elevation
- 51 m
When is the best time to visit Sept-Îles?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Sept-Îles is August, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 64 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Sept-Îles?
Sept-Îles gets a moderate 1,867 hours of sunshine a year. 57 Sunshine Score points separate August (57) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #186 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 969 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 | -7° / 19°F | -13° / 9°F | 64 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| February | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -14° / 7°F | 57 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -9° / 16°F | 60 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 77 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| May | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 82 mm | 4 | 5° / 41°F |
| June | 31 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 86 mm | 5 | 8° / 46°F |
| July | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 14° / 57°F | 81 mm | 5 | 9° / 48°F |
| August | 57 | 17° / 63°F | 14° / 57°F | 76 mm | 4 | 10° / 50°F |
| September | 30 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 95 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 104 mm | 2 | 9° / 48°F |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 98 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| December | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -8° / 18°F | 89 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
Sea temperature in Sept-Îles by month
The sea off Sept-Îles is warmest in August at around 10°C / 50°F, and coolest in February at -1°C / 30°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
- Moncton Canada · 472 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Fredericton Canada · 485 km · best in Aug · 2,001 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 495 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 529 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Quebec Canada · 537 km · best in Aug · 1,920 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 629 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Port-Menier Canada · 148 km · 1,844 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Baie-Comeau Canada · 185 km · 1,906 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Havre-Saint-Pierre Canada · 189 km · 1,922 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Gaspé Canada · 206 km · 1,930 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mont-Joli Canada · 228 km · 1,876 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Sept-Îles compares month by month: Sept-Îles vs Moncton · Sept-Îles vs Fredericton · Sept-Îles vs Charlottetown · Sept-Îles vs Goose Bay · all comparisons
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