Trail weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Trail is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with July and September close behind. Trail averages about 2,019 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 21 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,019
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 87/100
- Rain / year
- 803 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 8k
- Elevation
- 433 m
When is the best time to visit Trail?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Trail is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 92 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Trail?
Trail gets a moderate 2,019 hours of sunshine a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate August (87) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #125 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 803 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -7° / 19°F | 92 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -7° / 19°F | 60 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -2° / 28°F | 83 mm | 2 |
| April | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 62 mm | 3 |
| May | 78 | 20° / 68°F | 8° / 46°F | 67 mm | 5 |
| June | 77 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 76 mm | 5 |
| July | 86 | 29° / 84°F | 16° / 61°F | 27 mm | 6 |
| August | 87 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 21 mm | 5 |
| September | 84 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 37 mm | 4 |
| October | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 70 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -2° / 28°F | 106 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 102 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Spokane United States · 160 km · best in Jul · 2,367 h sun/yr
- Kelowna Canada · 162 km · best in Aug · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Kalispell United States · 260 km · best in Jul · 2,199 h sun/yr
- Pasco United States · 330 km · best in Sep · 2,745 h sun/yr
- Calgary Canada · 344 km · best in Jul · 2,396 h sun/yr
- Abbotsford Canada · 346 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Castlegar Canada · 27 km · 2,020 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Cranbrook Canada · 146 km · 2,283 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Penticton Canada · 152 km · 2,219 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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