Uummannaq weather by month & the best time to visit
🇬🇱 Greenland · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Uummannaq is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 26/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 26/100
- Rain / year
- 593 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 5°C / 41°F
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 85 m
When is the best time to visit Uummannaq?
Uummannaq never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 26/100, 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 Uummannaq?
Uummannaq never scores well for sunshine: even July, its best month, reaches only 26/100. July (26/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It is one of 13 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in Greenland. The year's 593 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 | -14° / 7°F | -18° / 0°F | 33 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -20° / -4°F | 24 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -19° / -2°F | 30 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -13° / 9°F | 41 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 50 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| June | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 60 mm | 3 | 0° / 32°F |
| July | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 63 mm | 3 | 4° / 39°F |
| August | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 78 mm | 2 | 5° / 41°F |
| September | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -2° / 28°F | 63 mm | 1 | 2° / 36°F |
| October | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -9° / 16°F | 58 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| November | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -13° / 9°F | 51 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -16° / 3°F | 42 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Uummannaq by month
The sea off Uummannaq is warmest in August at around 5°C / 41°F, and coolest in February 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 · 177 km · best in Jul · 2,313 h sun/yr
- Nuuk Greenland · 729 km · best in Jan · 1,885 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,027 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,468 km · best in Jul · 1,318 h sun/yr
- Reykjavík Iceland · 1,481 km · best in Jul · 1,456 h sun/yr
- Goose Bay Canada · 1,974 km · best in Jul · 1,776 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Aasiaat Greenland · 224 km · 1,965 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Upernavik Greenland · 258 km · best in Jan
- Kangerlussuaq Greenland · 422 km · 2,246 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sisimiut Greenland · 423 km · 2,068 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Qikiqtarjuaq Canada · 570 km · 2,796 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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