Upernavik weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇱 Greenland · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Upernavik is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is January (Score 0/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 0/100
- Rain / year
- 507 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 6°C / 43°F
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 105 m
When is the best time to visit Upernavik?
Upernavik never gets truly sunny weather: January is as good as it gets at 0/100, 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 Upernavik?
Upernavik never scores well for sunshine: even January, its best month, reaches only 0/100. Conditions barely change through the year — only 0 Sunshine Score points separate January from January. It is one of 13 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in Greenland. The year's 507 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 | -16° / 3°F | -19° / -2°F | 23 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -22° / -8°F | 18 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -21° / -6°F | 21 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -15° / 5°F | 26 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -5° / 23°F | 35 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| June | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 45 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| July | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 5° / 41°F | 55 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| August | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 83 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| September | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 0° / 32°F | 51 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| October | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -5° / 23°F | 64 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| November | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -9° / 16°F | 52 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -14° / 7°F | 34 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Upernavik by month
The sea off Upernavik is warmest in August at around 6°C / 43°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
- Ilulissat Greenland · 435 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 973 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,122 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,651 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,659 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 2,175 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Uummannaq Greenland · 258 km · best in Jul
- Aasiaat Greenland · 469 km · 1,965 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Clyde River Canada · 502 km · best in Jan
- Pituffik Greenland · 554 km · best in Jan
- Qaanaaq Greenland · 642 km · best in Jan
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