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Prince Rupert in August

sweet spot busy · one of the best months to go · the warmest month of the year

The year in Prince Rupert

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  1. Prince Rupert in January: avoid
  2. Prince Rupert in February: avoid
  3. Prince Rupert in March: avoid
  4. Prince Rupert in April: avoid
  5. Prince Rupert in May: ok, busy
  6. Prince Rupert in June: sweet spot
  7. Prince Rupert in July: sweet spot, busy
  8. Prince Rupert in August: sweet spot, busy
  9. Prince Rupert in September: avoid
  10. Prince Rupert in October: avoid
  11. Prince Rupert in November: avoid
  12. Prince Rupert in December: avoid
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  • OK
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  • Busy
August at Prince Rupert is 18°C by day and 12°C at night, with 15 rainy days and about 8 hours of sun a day. Busier than usual.

The numbers

Daily high18°C
Nightly low12°C
Feels like, afternoon18°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more15 · 252 mm
Humidity88%
Sunshine8.0 h/day
Daylight14.8 h/day
Crowds65 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the centre, by the harbour, 8 km from the airport (YPR): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

August: busy. Busiest in May, July and August; quietest in January, February, March, April, October and December.

What to pack

  • Warm layers for the evenings, which drop to about 12°C.
  • Rain gear you will actually use: about 15 rainy days and 252 mm.
  • Humidity averages 88%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type A and B plugs at 120 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Canadian dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Canada: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Prince Rupert: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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