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Alaska weather by city

VSWeather covers 24 cities and towns in Alaska, from Anchorage (population 289,069) down to Fishhook (population 5,461). Badger is the state's sunniest covered city at 159 sunny days a year. Sitka is its snowiest at 120 in of snow in an average winter. Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.

Alaska climate standouts

The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.

Sunniest

  1. 1Badger 159 sunny days
  2. 2Fairbanks 158 sunny days
  3. 3College 158 sunny days
  4. 4Steele Creek 157 sunny days
  5. 5Chena Ridge 153 sunny days
  6. 6Kalifornsky 136 sunny days
  7. 7Kenai 136 sunny days
  8. 8Sterling 133 sunny days
  9. 9Knik-Fairview 128 sunny days
  10. 10Wasilla 128 sunny days

Snowiest

  1. 1Sitka 120 in of snow
  2. 2Palmer 119 in of snow
  3. 3North Lakes 87 in of snow
  4. 4Gateway 87 in of snow
  5. 5South Lakes 87 in of snow
  6. 6Homer 83 in of snow
  7. 7Juneau 82 in of snow
  8. 8Anchorage 78 in of snow
  9. 9Kodiak 66 in of snow
  10. 10Bethel 64 in of snow

Rainiest

  1. 1Juneau 242 wet days a year
  2. 2Sitka 234 wet days a year
  3. 3Ketchikan 227 wet days a year
  4. 4Kodiak 192 wet days a year
  5. 5Homer 176 wet days a year
  6. 6Sterling 163 wet days a year
  7. 7Kalifornsky 153 wet days a year
  8. 8Kenai 153 wet days a year
  9. 9Bethel 141 wet days a year
  10. 10Anchorage 115 wet days a year

Warmest

  1. 1Ketchikan 47 °F average
  2. 2Sitka 44 °F average
  3. 3Kodiak 41 °F average
  4. 4Juneau 40 °F average
  5. 5Homer 40 °F average
  6. 6Palmer 39 °F average
  7. 7Anchorage 38 °F average
  8. 8Knik-Fairview 37 °F average
  9. 9North Lakes 37 °F average
  10. 10Wasilla 37 °F average

Popular Alaska comparisons

The state's biggest cities, head to head.

All covered Alaska cities and towns

Every place links to its full climate profile.

National rankings

See how Alaska cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.

About this data

Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall is anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).