Best year time to visit Nuuk

General weather information about Nuuk

Average annual temperature is -1.4 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 21.3 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -24.3 °C

Number of sunny days: 160 days

Number of rainy days: 106 days

Number of snow days: 99 days

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* Weather data for Nuuk Greenland is based on climate observations for 2026 year

Nuuk air temperature forecast for each month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C)2.0-0.57.26.08.011.121.317.38.57.54.54.3
Average daytime temperature (°C)-8.1-8.5-2.20.52.75.311.410.15.32.1-0.1-4.9
Average temperature (°C)-10.9-12.0-5.0-2.10.63.28.57.53.40.0-2.2-8.3
Average night temperature (°C)-14.1-14.9-7.6-4.7-1.61.16.15.61.6-1.9-4.8-11.5
Absolute minimum temperature (°C)-24.3-22.2-13.4-14.0-5.6-2.03.71.9-1.4-6.4-9.8-19.2

Nuuk monthly weather indicators

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight maximum duration (h)6.010.013.016.020.021.020.018.014.011.08.05.0
Daylight mean duration (h)5.58.511.815.118.520.919.616.413.09.86.54.3
Daylight minimum duration (h)4.07.010.013.016.020.018.014.011.08.05.04.0
Sunshine mean duration (h)0.62.17.29.58.08.76.66.36.04.21.41.1
Precipitation (mm)12399213557983111114637043
Sunny days6119261212111213161418
Rainy days31211114201917963
Snow days22261038400061010

Best time to visit Nuuk:

The best time to visit Nuuk during the most sunny months:

  • March — 7.2(h)
  • April — 9.5(h)
  • May — 8.0(h)
  • June — 8.7(h)
  • July — 6.6(h)

Months with the longest average daylight duration in Nuuk:

  • May — 18.5(h)
  • June — 20.9(h)
  • July — 19.6(h)
  • August — 16.4(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Nuuk is at

  • January — 123(mm)
  • February — 99(mm)
  • August — 111(mm)
  • September — 114(mm)