Iqaluit climate

Name: Iqaluit
Address: Arctic (Baffin Island, Nunavut), Canada

Canada · Arctic (Baffin Island, Nunavut) · 63.747° N, 68.517° W

Köppen ETtundraPolar & alpine

Treeless Arctic tundra: long sub-zero winters, brief cool summers that barely top 10C.

Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 54°F / 12°C

Coldest month

February, -21°F / -30°C

Annual swing

75°F / 42°C

Wettest month

August

Driest month

February

Rain per year

9.0" / 230 mm

Snow per year

67.6" / 1718 mm

Elevation

56 ft / 17 m

Time zone

America/Iqaluit

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	-6 / -21	-18 / -28	0.00 / 0	5.6 / 142	73%	10.6 / 17.1	73%
February	-10 / -24	-21 / -30	0.00 / 0	2.6 / 67	70%	10.5 / 16.9	66%
March	4 / -16	-9 / -23	0.00 / 0	5.7 / 144	74%	11.0 / 17.7	67%
April	20 / -7	9 / -13	0.04 / 1	7.7 / 195	79%	11.3 / 18.2	70%
May	32 / 0	23 / -5	0.15 / 4	7.1 / 180	83%	11.0 / 17.7	83%
June	45 / 7	35 / 2	0.85 / 22	4.3 / 110	81%	9.1 / 14.6	80%
July	54 / 12	43 / 6	2.73 / 69	0.0 / 0	84%	8.1 / 13.0	81%
August	52 / 11	42 / 5	3.01 / 76	0.0 / 0	82%	9.1 / 14.6	77%
September	42 / 6	34 / 1	1.66 / 42	4.2 / 106	82%	10.0 / 16.1	80%
October	33 / 1	26 / -3	0.58 / 15	12.3 / 311	82%	10.4 / 16.7	82%
November	18 / -8	7 / -14	0.02 / 1	9.2 / 233	78%	11.9 / 19.2	79%
December	12 / -11	-1 / -18	0.01 / 0	9.0 / 229	76%	12.0 / 19.3	78%

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