Wemindji weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subarctic climate
Wemindji is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 42/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,897
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 42/100
- Rain / year
- 832 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 15°C / 59°F
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 14 m

When is the best time to visit Wemindji?
Wemindji never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 42/100, 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 Wemindji?
Wemindji gets a moderate 1,897 hours of sunshine a year. July (42/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #179 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 832 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 | -15° / 5°F | -22° / -8°F | 38 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -22° / -8°F | 27 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -17° / 1°F | 32 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -9° / 16°F | 39 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -1° / 30°F | 65 mm | 4 | 1° / 34°F |
| June | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 4° / 39°F | 77 mm | 5 | 10° / 50°F |
| July | 42 | 15° / 59°F | 8° / 46°F | 101 mm | 5 | 13° / 55°F |
| August | 41 | 15° / 59°F | 9° / 48°F | 109 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| September | 23 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 115 mm | 3 | 14° / 57°F |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 2° / 36°F | 95 mm | 1 | 10° / 50°F |
| November | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 83 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
| December | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -15° / 5°F | 51 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
Sea temperature in Wemindji by month
The sea off Wemindji is warmest in August at around 15°C / 59°F, and coolest in January at -1°C / 30°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
- Quebec Canada · 872 km · best in Aug · 1,920 h sun/yr
- Ottawa Canada · 885 km · best in Sep · 2,034 h sun/yr
- Thunder Bay Canada · 900 km · best in Aug · 1,985 h sun/yr
- Montréal Canada · 916 km · best in Sep · 1,981 h sun/yr
- Sept-Îles Canada · 920 km · best in Aug · 1,867 h sun/yr
- Montréal Canada · 921 km · best in Sep · 1,981 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Chisasibi Canada · 89 km · 1,901 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Eastmain River Canada · 90 km · 1,957 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- La Grande Rivière Canada · 101 km · 1,967 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Waskaganish Canada · 171 km · 1,786 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kashechewan Canada · 208 km · 1,949 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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