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Tofino vs Nantucket

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Bottom line

Tofino and Nantucket have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Tofino is the wetter, with 2222 mm more rain a year, and Nantucket the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 1°C on the year

Wetter Tofino 2222 mm more a year

Sunnier Nantucket 11 pp less cloud

Colder winters Nantucket 8°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Tofino and Nantucket, in everyday terms.

Summers

Nantucket has much hotter summers

Tofino: Mild
Nantucket: Warm

Winters

Tofino has much milder winters

Tofino: Chilly
Nantucket: Cold

Rain & snow

Tofino is much wetter

Tofino: Very wet
Nantucket: Wet

Sky

Nantucket is sunnier

Tofino: Often cloudy
Nantucket: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Tofino and Nantucket run remarkably close all year.

Precipitation

Tofino is the wetter — about 2222 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

Nantucket has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°C) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tofino	8	9	10	12	15	17	19	19	18	14	10	8
Nantucket	4	4	7	12	17	22	26	25	22	16	11	7
Difference	-5	-5	-3	—	+2	+5	+7	+6	+4	+2	+1	-2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Tofino	8	9	10	12	15	17
Nantucket	4	4	7	12	17	22
Difference	-5	-5	-3	—	+2	+5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tofino	19	19	18	14	10	8
Nantucket	26	25	22	16	11	7
Difference	+7	+6	+4	+2	+1	-2

Avg low (°C) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tofino	3	2	3	4	7	9	11	11	9	7	4	2
Nantucket	-5	-5	-1	4	9	14	18	17	14	8	3	-2
Difference	-8	-7	-4	-1	+2	+5	+7	+6	+4	+1	-1	-4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Tofino	3	2	3	4	7	9
Nantucket	-5	-5	-1	4	9	14
Difference	-8	-7	-4	-1	+2	+5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tofino	11	11	9	7	4	2
Nantucket	18	17	14	8	3	-2
Difference	+7	+6	+4	+1	-1	-4

Precipitation (mm) Tofino runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tofino	519	320	346	273	146	125	75	107	170	340	485	475
Nantucket	94	90	121	102	87	85	70	82	97	109	103	119
Difference	-425	-229	-225	-171	-59	-40	-5	-25	-73	-231	-382	-356

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Tofino	519	320	346	273	146	125
Nantucket	94	90	121	102	87	85
Difference	-425	-229	-225	-171	-59	-40

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tofino	75	107	170	340	485	475
Nantucket	70	82	97	109	103	119
Difference	-5	-25	-73	-231	-382	-356

Snowfall (cm) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tofino	7	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Nantucket	24	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Difference	+17	+10	+3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-2	-1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Tofino	7	6	6	0	0	0
Nantucket	24	16	9	0	0	0
Difference	+17	+10	+3	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tofino	0	0	0	0	2	7
Nantucket	0	0	0	0	0	5
Difference	—	—	—	—	-2	-1

Cloud cover (%) Tofino runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tofino	79	75	78	75	73	72	61	63	58	70	77	80
Nantucket	69	66	63	62	63	61	56	53	53	57	63	67
Difference	-10	-9	-14	-13	-10	-11	-5	-11	-5	-13	-14	-13

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Tofino	79	75	78	75	73	72
Nantucket	69	66	63	62	63	61
Difference	-10	-9	-14	-13	-10	-11

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tofino	61	63	58	70	77	80
Nantucket	56	53	53	57	63	67
Difference	-5	-11	-5	-13	-14	-13

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tofino	88	85	85	83	83	85	86	87	86	87	87	88
Nantucket	81	80	81	85	89	89	89	87	83	80	79	80
Difference	-7	-5	-3	+2	+6	+5	+3	-1	-3	-7	-8	-8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Tofino	88	85	85	83	83	85
Nantucket	81	80	81	85	89	89
Difference	-7	-5	-3	+2	+6	+5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tofino	86	87	86	87	87	88
Nantucket	89	87	83	80	79	80
Difference	+3	-1	-3	-7	-8	-8

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Tofino trends → · Nantucket trends →

Methodology & sources

Tofino

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Ucluelet Kennedy Camp, a weather station, about 36 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Nantucket

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Hyannis (NOAA GHCN station USC00193821), about 46 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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