St. Anthony weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit St. Anthony is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 58/100), with August close behind. St. Anthony averages about 1,475 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 97 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,475
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 58/100
- Rain / year
- 1,086 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈5.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 16°C / 61°F
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 28 m

When is the best time to visit St. Anthony?
For sunshine, the best time to visit St. Anthony is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 85 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is St. Anthony?
St. Anthony isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,475 hours of sunshine a year. 58 Sunshine Score points separate July (58) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #232 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,086 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 | -14° / 7°F | 85 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -15° / 5°F | 79 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 80 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -4° / 25°F | 75 mm | 3 | 0° / 32°F |
| May | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 77 mm | 4 | 4° / 39°F |
| June | 30 | 13° / 55°F | 5° / 41°F | 86 mm | 5 | 9° / 48°F |
| July | 58 | 18° / 64°F | 10° / 50°F | 97 mm | 5 | 14° / 57°F |
| August | 57 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 102 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| September | 34 | 14° / 57°F | 7° / 45°F | 101 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 98 mm | 1 | 9° / 48°F |
| November | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -3° / 27°F | 106 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -9° / 16°F | 100 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
Sea temperature in St. Anthony by month
The sea off St. Anthony is warmest in August at around 16°C / 61°F, and coolest in February 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
- Goose Bay Canada · 364 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- St. John's Canada · 484 km · best in Aug · 1,457 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 727 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 766 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 860 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 909 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Blanc-Sablon Canada · 77 km · 1,475 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mary's Harbour Canada · 103 km · 1,602 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- St. Lewis Canada · 113 km · 1,602 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Port Hope Simpson Canada · 127 km · 1,732 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Williams Harbour Canada · 132 km · 1,603 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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