Utqiaġvik weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Utqiaġvik 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
- 328 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 6°C / 43°F
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 9 m
When is the best time to visit Utqiaġvik?
Utqiaġvik 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 Utqiaġvik?
Utqiaġvik 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 586 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in United States. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 41% of the annual 328 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -23° / -9°F | 16 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -23° / -9°F | 18 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -22° / -8°F | 16 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -15° / 5°F | 17 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -6° / 21°F | 22 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| June | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 27 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| July | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 46 mm | 3 | 4° / 39°F |
| August | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 48 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| September | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 1° / 34°F | 39 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| October | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -4° / 25°F | 37 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| November | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -13° / 9°F | 23 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| December | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -20° / -4°F | 19 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Utqiaġvik by month
The sea off Utqiaġvik 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
- Kotzebue United States · 541 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 807 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 834 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 1,162 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 1,189 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,514 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Atqasuk United States · 94 km · best in Jul
- Wainwright United States · 137 km · best in Jul
- Nuiqsut United States · 243 km · best in Jul
- Point Lay United States · 289 km · 2,224 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Deadhorse United States · 327 km · best in Jul
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