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The coolest places in North America year-round: ranked by average high temperature

Nuuk tops the list at -0.7 °C averaged across the year. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three averaged across all twelve months: Nuuk (-0.7 °C) , Anchorage (5.5 °C) , Saint-Pierre (7.1 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 17 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Nuuk Greenland -0.7 °C -0.7 °C -6.4 °C 67 mm 10 206 h 1.9 °C
2 Anchorage United States 5.5 °C 5.5 °C -0.4 °C 79 mm 13 234 h 5.0 °C
3 Saint-Pierre Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7.1 °C 7.1 °C 4.7 °C 123 mm 13 214 h 6.6 °C
4 Winnipeg Canada 8.5 °C 8.5 °C -0.9 °C 50 mm 8 266 h –
5 Saskatoon Canada 8.7 °C 8.7 °C -1.4 °C 36 mm 6 275 h –
6 Edmonton Canada 8.7 °C 8.7 °C -1.1 °C 39 mm 7 277 h –
7 Regina Canada 9.2 °C 9.2 °C -1.0 °C 41 mm 7 279 h –
8 Greater Sudbury Canada 9.6 °C 9.6 °C 0.6 °C 72 mm 10 253 h –
9 Québec Canada 9.8 °C 9.8 °C 1.3 °C 102 mm 12 247 h –
10 Montréal Canada 10 °C 10 °C 1.9 °C 91 mm 11 256 h –
11 Halifax Canada 11 °C 11 °C 4.8 °C 108 mm 11 232 h 8.0 °C
12 Calgary Canada 11 °C 11 °C -1.1 °C 41 mm 7 289 h –
13 Laval Canada 11 °C 11 °C 2.8 °C 87 mm 11 257 h –
14 Longueuil Canada 11 °C 11 °C 3.0 °C 91 mm 11 256 h –
15 Ottawa Canada 12 °C 12 °C 2.8 °C 85 mm 11 248 h –
16 Oshawa Canada 12 °C 12 °C 5.3 °C 74 mm 10 265 h –
17 Milwaukee United States 12 °C 12 °C 6.5 °C 74 mm 9 266 h –
18 Toronto Canada 12 °C 12 °C 5.2 °C 67 mm 9 264 h –
19 Kitchener Canada 12 °C 12 °C 3.4 °C 77 mm 11 258 h –
20 Markham Canada 12 °C 12 °C 4.4 °C 74 mm 10 262 h –
21 Etobicoke Canada 13 °C 13 °C 5.2 °C 67 mm 10 264 h –
22 Minneapolis United States 13 °C 13 °C 3.7 °C 69 mm 8 265 h –
23 Brampton Canada 13 °C 13 °C 4.1 °C 69 mm 10 262 h –
24 Hamilton Canada 13 °C 13 °C 6.1 °C 76 mm 10 263 h –
25 Buffalo United States 13 °C 13 °C 6.3 °C 85 mm 12 259 h –
26 London Canada 13 °C 13 °C 4.8 °C 83 mm 11 264 h –
27 Victoria Canada 13 °C 13 °C 8.0 °C 84 mm 11 271 h 9.7 °C
28 Rochester United States 13 °C 13 °C 5.9 °C 87 mm 12 258 h –
29 Vancouver Canada 13 °C 13 °C 7.1 °C 185 mm 14 255 h 11 °C
30 Madison United States 14 °C 14 °C 4.6 °C 74 mm 9 261 h –
31 Sioux Falls United States 14 °C 14 °C 3.8 °C 66 mm 8 281 h –
32 Grand Rapids United States 14 °C 14 °C 5.5 °C 81 mm 10 258 h –
33 Richmond Canada 14 °C 14 °C 7.4 °C 183 mm 14 255 h 11 °C
34 Burnaby Canada 14 °C 14 °C 6.7 °C 189 mm 14 254 h 11 °C
35 Detroit United States 14 °C 14 °C 6.5 °C 74 mm 10 268 h –
36 Surrey Canada 14 °C 14 °C 6.0 °C 134 mm 13 263 h 11 °C
37 Chicago United States 14 °C 14 °C 7.1 °C 84 mm 10 267 h –
38 Worcester United States 14 °C 14 °C 5.7 °C 94 mm 10 260 h –
39 Cleveland United States 15 °C 15 °C 7.4 °C 89 mm 12 266 h –
40 Boston United States 15 °C 15 °C 6.2 °C 94 mm 10 261 h 11 °C
41 Aurora United States 15 °C 15 °C 6.0 °C 82 mm 10 257 h –
42 Toledo United States 15 °C 15 °C 6.6 °C 75 mm 10 264 h –
43 Springfield United States 15 °C 15 °C 6.0 °C 92 mm 10 261 h –
44 Providence United States 15 °C 15 °C 6.8 °C 94 mm 10 259 h –
45 Seattle United States 15 °C 15 °C 7.1 °C 108 mm 13 257 h –
46 Fort Wayne United States 15 °C 15 °C 6.3 °C 81 mm 10 260 h –
47 Tacoma United States 15 °C 15 °C 7.1 °C 98 mm 12 258 h –
48 Akron United States 15 °C 15 °C 6.5 °C 88 mm 11 256 h –
49 Des Moines United States 16 °C 16 °C 6.1 °C 79 mm 9 271 h –
50 Spokane United States 16 °C 16 °C 5.0 °C 45 mm 8 291 h –

Averaged across all twelve months, and only for destinations with a full twelve-month series and a published climate page. Download this ranking as CSV.

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How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, averaged across all twelve months, lowest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in North America with a published climate page and a complete twelve-month series. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.