Wales weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Wales is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 12/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,799
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 12/100
- Rain / year
- 616 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 10°C / 50°F
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 5 m
When is the best time to visit Wales?
Wales never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 12/100, 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 Wales?
Wales isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,799 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 12 Sunshine Score points separate August from January. It ranks #479 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 616 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 | -12° / 10°F | -16° / 3°F | 38 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -16° / 3°F | 42 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -15° / 5°F | 31 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -10° / 14°F | 37 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -2° / 28°F | 40 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 44 mm | 3 | 3° / 37°F |
| July | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 7° / 45°F | 77 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| August | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 7° / 45°F | 81 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| September | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 5° / 41°F | 61 mm | 1 | 8° / 46°F |
| October | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 1° / 34°F | 61 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| November | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -5° / 23°F | 54 mm | 0 | 1° / 34°F |
| December | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -12° / 10°F | 50 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Wales by month
The sea off Wales is warmest in August at around 10°C / 50°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
- Nome United States · 175 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 283 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 623 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 943 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 1,023 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 1,195 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tin City United States · 10 km · 1,831 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Brevig Mission United States · 82 km · 1,827 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Teller United States · 92 km · 1,826 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Shishmaref United States · 115 km · 1,904 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- White Mountain United States · 242 km · 1,882 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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