St Paul weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
St Paul is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 11/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,043
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 11/100
- Rain / year
- 941 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 8°C / 46°F
- Elevation
- 12 m
When is the best time to visit St Paul?
St Paul never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 11/100, 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 St Paul?
St Paul isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,043 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 11 Sunshine Score points separate August from January. It ranks #576 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 941 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 | 0° / 32°F | -2° / 28°F | 64 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -2° / 28°F | 76 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| March | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -3° / 27°F | 62 mm | 1 | 0° / 32°F |
| April | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -1° / 30°F | 58 mm | 2 | 0° / 32°F |
| May | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 2° / 36°F | 51 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| June | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 5° / 41°F | 55 mm | 4 | 4° / 39°F |
| July | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 8° / 46°F | 89 mm | 4 | 6° / 43°F |
| August | 11 | 10° / 50°F | 9° / 48°F | 106 mm | 3 | 8° / 46°F |
| September | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 8° / 46°F | 97 mm | 2 | 8° / 46°F |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 5° / 41°F | 104 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| November | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 90 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 89 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
Sea temperature in St Paul by month
The sea off St Paul is warmest in August at around 8°C / 46°F, and coolest in March at 0°C / 32°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
- Bethel United States · 626 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 856 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 1,059 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 1,149 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 1,230 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 1,463 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mekoryuk United States · 423 km · 1,436 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Unalaska United States · 431 km · 1,055 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Akutan United States · 443 km · 985 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kipnuk United States · 473 km · 1,558 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tununak United States · 474 km · 1,503 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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