Best year time to visit Ilulissat

General weather information about Ilulissat

Average annual temperature is -4.4 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 16.2 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -36.0 °C

Number of sunny days: 185 days

Number of rainy days: 87 days

Number of snow days: 93 days

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

Ilulissat air temperature forecast for each month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C)0.16.84.86.68.614.315.016.29.56.15.43.6
Average daytime temperature (°C)-15.2-13.4-7.1-1.70.75.210.39.73.4-1.1-1.8-8.0
Average temperature (°C)-19.3-18.2-10.6-5.2-1.42.77.47.41.5-3.4-4.3-10.7
Average night temperature (°C)-22.9-22.7-14.0-8.8-4.10.45.15.3-0.2-6.3-7.1-13.9
Absolute minimum temperature (°C)-34.0-36.0-23.7-22.4-9.0-5.02.11.8-4.6-14.9-15.9-22.5

Ilulissat monthly weather indicators

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight maximum duration (h)5.09.013.018.024.024.024.020.015.011.06.00.0
Daylight mean duration (h)2.17.411.716.121.824.023.417.913.39.14.10.0
Daylight minimum duration (h)0.05.09.013.018.024.020.015.011.06.00.00.0
Sunshine mean duration (h)0.12.37.910.68.68.88.09.16.33.90.90.0
Precipitation (mm)252241697891105428801529
Sunny days149232210991415182121
Rainy days12121213221713400
Snow days161776980029910

Best time to visit Ilulissat:

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

  • March — 7.9(h)
  • April — 10.6(h)
  • May — 8.6(h)
  • June — 8.8(h)
  • July — 8.0(h)
  • August — 9.1(h)

Months with the longest average daylight duration in Ilulissat:

  • April — 16.1(h)
  • May — 21.8(h)
  • June — 24.0(h)
  • July — 23.4(h)
  • August — 17.9(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Ilulissat is at

  • May — 97(mm)
  • June — 89(mm)
  • July — 110(mm)
  • October — 80(mm)