Williams Lake weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · alpine / mountain town · continental climate
The best time to visit Williams Lake is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 85/100), with July and June close behind. Williams Lake averages about 2,264 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 38 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,264
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 85/100
- Rain / year
- 609 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 14k
- Elevation
- 936 m
When is the best time to visit Williams Lake?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Williams Lake is August, then July and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 54 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Williams Lake?
Williams Lake gets a moderate 2,264 hours of sunshine a year. 85 Sunshine Score points separate August (85) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #47 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 609 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 | -4° / 25°F | -12° / 10°F | 54 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -11° / 12°F | 40 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -6° / 21°F | 42 mm | 2 |
| April | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -2° / 28°F | 38 mm | 4 |
| May | 55 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 53 mm | 5 |
| June | 80 | 20° / 68°F | 7° / 45°F | 64 mm | 6 |
| July | 83 | 24° / 75°F | 10° / 50°F | 52 mm | 6 |
| August | 85 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 38 mm | 5 |
| September | 61 | 17° / 63°F | 4° / 39°F | 56 mm | 3 |
| October | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 62 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -6° / 21°F | 59 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -12° / 10°F | 51 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kelowna Canada · 310 km · best in Aug · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Vancouver Canada · 342 km · best in Jul · 1,739 h sun/yr
- Abbotsford Canada · 352 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Nanaimo Canada · 371 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Bellingham United States · 379 km · best in Jul · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Grande Prairie Canada · 393 km · best in Aug · 2,366 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Quesnel Canada · 99 km · 2,164 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Prince George Canada · 194 km · 2,169 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kamloops Canada · 199 km · 2,267 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Anahim Lake Canada · 223 km · 2,214 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Bella Coola Canada · 310 km · 1,445 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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