Ulukhaktok weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Ulukhaktok is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 20/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 20/100
- Rain / year
- 371 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 8°C / 46°F
- Elevation
- 34 m
When is the best time to visit Ulukhaktok?
Ulukhaktok never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 20/100, 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 Ulukhaktok?
Ulukhaktok never scores well for sunshine: even July, its best month, reaches only 20/100. July (20/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It is one of 249 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in Canada. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 44% of the annual 371 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -25° / -13°F | -31° / -24°F | 18 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -25° / -13°F | -31° / -24°F | 14 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -21° / -6°F | -28° / -18°F | 17 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -18° / 0°F | 17 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -7° / 19°F | 28 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 2° / 36°F | 38 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| July | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 48 mm | 3 | 5° / 41°F |
| August | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 61 mm | 2 | 8° / 46°F |
| September | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 56 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| October | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -12° / 10°F | 37 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| November | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -23° / -9°F | 21 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -24° / -11°F | -29° / -20°F | 16 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Ulukhaktok by month
The sea off Ulukhaktok is warmest in August at around 8°C / 46°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
- Yellowknife Canada · 934 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,358 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 1,405 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 1,583 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 1,600 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 1,621 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Paulatuk Canada · 284 km · 2,274 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sachs Harbour Canada · 297 km · best in Jan
- Kugluktuk Canada · 344 km · 2,296 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Cambridge Bay Canada · 516 km · 2,386 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Colville Lake Canada · 532 km · 2,283 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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