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Best Time for New Brunswick: Saint John to the Bay of Fundy
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Sweet spot: May, July, August. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
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- Walk the ocean floor at Hopewell Rocks at low tide and kayak the same flowerpots six hours later — the world's highest tides run 16 vertical metres here.
- Whale season peaks in the outer bay — finbacks, humpbacks and the rare right whale — while the park's lakes finally warm for swimmers.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −11.5°C | −3.3°C | 82 mm | 8.9 h | ❄ |
| February | −10.8°C | −2.6°C | 80 mm | 10.1 h | ❄ |
| March | −6.5°C | 1.6°C | 82 mm | 11.6 h | ❄ |
| April | −0.8°C | 7.9°C | 86 mm | 13.3 h | ❄ |
| May | 4.4°C | 14.0°C | 90 mm | 14.7 h | |
| June | 9.7°C | 18.8°C | 102 mm | 15.5 h | |
| July | 13.7°C | 22.4°C | 86 mm | 15.2 h | |
| August | 13.7°C | 22.2°C | 82 mm | 13.9 h | |
| September | 10.2°C | 18.8°C | 94 mm | 12.3 h | |
| October | 5.0°C | 12.7°C | 112 mm | 10.7 h | |
| November | −0.8°C | 6.1°C | 110 mm | 9.2 h | ❄ |
| December | −6.8°C | 0.2°C | 116 mm | 8.5 h | ❄ |