Whale Cove weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Whale Cove is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 13/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,947
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 13/100
- Rain / year
- 509 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 8°C / 46°F
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 11 m
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When is the best time to visit Whale Cove?
Whale Cove never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 13/100, 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 Whale Cove?
Whale Cove gets a moderate 1,947 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 13 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. It ranks #153 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around September, carries about 40% of the annual 509 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -28° / -18°F | 18 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -28° / -18°F | 14 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -22° / -8°F | 22 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -14° / 7°F | 32 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 46 mm | 3 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 53 mm | 4 | -1° / 30°F |
| July | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 63 mm | 4 | 3° / 37°F |
| August | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 7° / 45°F | 72 mm | 3 | 8° / 46°F |
| September | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 66 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| October | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -3° / 27°F | 66 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| November | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -15° / 5°F | 34 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -25° / -13°F | 23 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Whale Cove by month
The sea off Whale Cove is warmest in August at around 8°C / 46°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
- Yellowknife Canada · 1,122 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Fort McMurray Canada · 1,216 km · best in Aug · 2,171 h sun/yr
- Iqaluit Canada · 1,218 km · best in Jul · 1,936 h sun/yr
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 1,349 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
- Saskatoon Canada · 1,399 km · best in Aug · 2,625 h sun/yr
- Winnipeg Canada · 1,400 km · best in Aug · 2,491 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Rankin Inlet Canada · 68 km · 1,954 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Arviat Canada · 149 km · 2,341 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Chesterfield Inlet Canada · 155 km · 2,021 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Baker Lake Canada · 287 km · 2,340 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Churchill Canada · 397 km · 2,292 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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