Tête-à-la-Baleine weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Tête-à-la-Baleine is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 53/100), with July close behind. Tête-à-la-Baleine averages about 1,808 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 17°C / 63°F and roughly 104 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,808
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 53/100
- Rain / year
- 1,286 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 15°C / 59°F
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 33 m
When is the best time to visit Tête-à-la-Baleine?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tête-à-la-Baleine is August, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 106 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tête-à-la-Baleine?
Tête-à-la-Baleine gets a moderate 1,808 hours of sunshine a year. 53 Sunshine Score points separate August (53) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #197 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 1,286 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 | -6° / 21°F | -14° / 7°F | 106 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -14° / 7°F | 94 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -10° / 14°F | 89 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 96 mm | 3 | 2° / 36°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 2° / 36°F | 98 mm | 4 | 6° / 43°F |
| June | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 95 mm | 5 | 11° / 52°F |
| July | 47 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 99 mm | 5 | 14° / 57°F |
| August | 53 | 17° / 63°F | 13° / 55°F | 104 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| September | 34 | 14° / 57°F | 9° / 48°F | 117 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 120 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| November | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 145 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| December | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 123 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
Sea temperature in Tête-à-la-Baleine by month
The sea off Tête-à-la-Baleine is warmest in August at around 15°C / 59°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
- Goose Bay Canada · 303 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 490 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Charlottetown Canada · 560 km · best in Jul · 1,705 h sun/yr
- St. John's Canada · 590 km · best in Aug · 1,457 h sun/yr
- Moncton Canada · 640 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Halifax Canada · 714 km · best in Jul · 1,928 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Chevery Canada · 29 km · 1,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- La Tabatière Canada · 34 km · 1,808 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- St-Augustin Canada · 78 km · 1,729 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Canada · 102 km · 1,807 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Canada · 144 km · 1,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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