Whitehorse weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Whitehorse is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 64/100), with August close behind. Whitehorse averages about 1,919 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 73 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,919
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 64/100
- Rain / year
- 581 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 28k
- Elevation
- 696 m
When is the best time to visit Whitehorse?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Whitehorse is July, then August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 42 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Whitehorse?
Whitehorse gets a moderate 1,919 hours of sunshine a year. 64 Sunshine Score points separate July (64) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #167 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 581 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 | -10° / 14°F | -17° / 1°F | 42 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -17° / 1°F | 27 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -5° / 23°F | -15° / 5°F | 31 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -6° / 21°F | 28 mm | 2 |
| May | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 39 mm | 3 |
| June | 51 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 70 mm | 4 |
| July | 64 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 73 mm | 4 |
| August | 58 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 70 mm | 3 |
| September | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 61 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -4° / 25°F | 57 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -14° / 7°F | 42 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -16° / 3°F | 41 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Juneau United States · 263 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
- Ketchikan United States · 627 km · best in Jul · 1,127 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 793 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 806 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 967 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 1,041 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Skagway United States · 139 km · 1,525 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Haines United States · 165 km · 1,523 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gustavus United States · 256 km · 1,229 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Yakutat United States · 287 km · 1,485 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Hoonah United States · 291 km · 1,227 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Whitehorse compares month by month: Whitehorse vs Fairbanks · Whitehorse vs Juneau · Whitehorse vs Ketchikan · all comparisons
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