Sisimiut weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇱 Greenland · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Sisimiut is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 13/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,068
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 13/100
- Rain / year
- 654 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 5°C / 41°F
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 7 m
When is the best time to visit Sisimiut?
Sisimiut never gets truly sunny weather: July 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 Sisimiut?
Sisimiut gets a moderate 2,068 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 13 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. It ranks #4 of 8 destinations in Greenland for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,017 hours. The year's 654 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 | -10° / 14°F | -14° / 7°F | 39 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| February | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -16° / 3°F | 29 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -15° / 5°F | 32 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -9° / 16°F | 41 mm | 2 | 0° / 32°F |
| May | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 51 mm | 3 | 0° / 32°F |
| June | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 59 mm | 4 | 3° / 37°F |
| July | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 67 mm | 3 | 5° / 41°F |
| August | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 5° / 41°F | 75 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| September | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 79 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| October | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -3° / 27°F | 60 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| November | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -8° / 18°F | 67 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| December | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -10° / 14°F | 55 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Sisimiut by month
The sea off Sisimiut is warmest in July at around 5°C / 41°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
- Ilulissat Greenland · 278 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 321 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 771 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,458 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,480 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,558 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kangerlussuaq Greenland · 131 km · 2,246 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Maniitsoq Greenland · 175 km · 1,761 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Aasiaat Greenland · 201 km · 1,965 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Uummannaq Greenland · 423 km · best in Jul
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