Valdez weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Valdez is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 48/100), with August close behind. Valdez averages about 2,069 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 17°C / 63°F and roughly 148 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,069
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 48/100
- Rain / year
- 2,079 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈6.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 22 m
When is the best time to visit Valdez?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Valdez is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 183 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Valdez?
Valdez gets a moderate 2,069 hours of sunshine a year. 48 Sunshine Score points separate July (48) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #378 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 2,079 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 | -3° / 27°F | -8° / 18°F | 183 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -7° / 19°F | 159 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -7° / 19°F | 124 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -1° / 30°F | 105 mm | 2 |
| May | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 108 mm | 3 |
| June | 36 | 14° / 57°F | 9° / 48°F | 104 mm | 4 |
| July | 48 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 148 mm | 4 |
| August | 42 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 212 mm | 3 |
| September | 21 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 275 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 237 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 205 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 219 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Anchorage United States · 201 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 417 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 516 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 605 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 722 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 841 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tatitlek United States · 38 km · 1,285 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Cordova United States · 83 km · 1,491 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gulkana United States · 121 km · 2,024 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Chenega United States · 151 km · 1,278 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- May Creek United States · 192 km · 2,066 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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