Yakutat weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Yakutat is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 40/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,485
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 40/100
- Rain / year
- 3,542 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈6.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 15°C / 59°F
- Population
- 657
- Elevation
- 9 m
When is the best time to visit Yakutat?
Yakutat never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 40/100, 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 Yakutat?
Yakutat isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,485 hours of sunshine a year. July (40/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #537 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 3,542 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 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 373 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 289 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
| March | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -3° / 27°F | 222 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 1° / 34°F | 183 mm | 2 | 7° / 45°F |
| May | 10 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 191 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| June | 25 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 150 mm | 4 | 12° / 54°F |
| July | 40 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 202 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| August | 35 | 15° / 59°F | 11° / 52°F | 324 mm | 3 | 15° / 59°F |
| September | 20 | 12° / 54°F | 9° / 48°F | 416 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 428 mm | 1 | 10° / 50°F |
| November | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 361 mm | 0 | 8° / 46°F |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -1° / 30°F | 403 mm | 0 | 7° / 45°F |
Sea temperature in Yakutat by month
The sea off Yakutat is warmest in August at around 15°C / 59°F, and coolest in February at 5°C / 41°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
- Whitehorse Canada · 287 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 319 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 597 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Ketchikan United States · 662 km · best in Jul · 1,127 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 726 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 767 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Yakataga United States · 171 km · 2,089 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Haines United States · 236 km · 1,523 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Skagway United States · 245 km · 1,525 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Gustavus United States · 257 km · 1,229 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- May Creek United States · 262 km · 2,066 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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