Annual mean -7°C · wettest around January · prevailing wind NW
Warmest
9.5 °C
Coldest
-25.4 °C
Wettest
35%
Windiest
6.0 m/s
Prevailing
NW
4.9 m/s average
When this place is good five ratings · thirty-six ten-day sections · click a cell to read it
never good
never good
never good
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The average temperature in Iqaluit over the whole year is -7°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 9°C; February is the coldest, with lows of about -27°C. Iqaluit has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 11% in May, the driest month, to 24% in January, the wettest. Winds in Iqaluit are highest in April, averaging 5.1 m/s (18 km/h), and lightest in July, at 3.5 m/s (13 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the NW. The clearest skies in Iqaluit come in February, when the sky is typically 39% covered; October is the cloudiest month, at 52%.
Month by month Iqaluit climate by month: average temperatures year round · click a month to read it
Month
High
Low
Feels like
Chance of rain
Cloud
Wind
Being outside
Sun
Walking
January
-22°C
-23°C
-29°C
24%
42%
4.4 m/s
0
0
0
February
-25°C
-27°C
-31°C
18%
39%
4.1 m/s
0
0
0
March
-19°C
-22°C
-26°C
21%
41%
4.6 m/s
0
0
0
April
-9°C
-13°C
-16°C
15%
43%
5.1 m/s
0
0
0
May
-2°C
-4°C
-8°C
11%
48%
4.9 m/s
0
0
0
June
5°C
2°C
0°C
15%
42%
4.0 m/s
0
0
10
July
9°C
6°C
5°C
22%
48%
3.5 m/s
2
0
38
August
9°C
6°C
5°C
22%
44%
3.8 m/s
1
0
36
September
5°C
2°C
-1°C
20%
45%
4.4 m/s
0
0
6
October
-1°C
-3°C
-7°C
17%
52%
4.7 m/s
0
0
0
November
-9°C
-10°C
-16°C
18%
51%
5.1 m/s
0
0
0
December
-15°C
-16°C
-22°C
12%
50%
4.8 m/s
0
0
0
High and low are the warmest and coolest of four readings a day — midnight, 6am, noon and 6pm — so a true overnight low can sit a degree or two under them. Chance of rain, cloud and wind are the day’s average; feels-like and the three ratings (each out of 100: Good from 55, Ideal from 80) are read at midday.
Seasons, and the year in short Iqaluit weather by season
Year round, Iqaluit has days of about -25°C at their warmest in February, its coolest month, and 9°C in July, its warmest; the coolest hours of the day run from -27°C to 6°C through the year, and the average temperature over the year is -7°C around the clock. Rain is most likely around January and least likely around May. Every figure here is a decade of observations blended into one representative year, so it reads as what this date is usually like, not a forecast for one particular day.
Iqaluit weather in winterDecember to February
High -21°CLow -22°CRain 18%
Winter in Iqaluit has typical daily highs of about -21°C and lows of about -22°C, with a 18% chance of rain on a given day.
Iqaluit weather in springMarch to May
High -10°CLow -13°CRain 16%
Spring in Iqaluit has typical daily highs of about -10°C and lows of about -13°C, with a 16% chance of rain on a given day.
Iqaluit weather in summerJune to August
High 8°CLow 5°CRain 19%
Summer in Iqaluit has typical daily highs of about 8°C and lows of about 5°C, with a 19% chance of rain on a given day.
Iqaluit weather in autumnSeptember to November
High -2°CLow -4°CRain 18%
Autumn in Iqaluit has typical daily highs of about -2°C and lows of about -4°C, with a 18% chance of rain on a given day.
When is the rainy season in Iqaluit?
Iqaluit has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 11% in May, the driest month, to 24% in January, the wettest.
What time of year is Iqaluit windiest?
Winds in Iqaluit are highest in April, averaging 5.1 m/s (18 km/h), and lightest in July, at 3.5 m/s (13 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the NW.
What is the average temperature in Iqaluit year round?
The average temperature in Iqaluit over the whole year is -7°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 9°C; February is the coldest, with lows of about -27°C.