Yukon, Canada · 60.72, -135.05
Today's peak stays low. Unprotected skin is not at meaningful risk at any point in the day.
Whitehorse sits at 60.7° N, in the northern hemisphere. Today's UV peaks at 1: the "low" band, which uvlevel.net treats as no danger for unprotected skin at the worst hour.
This far from the equator, UV is only a real concern for a few months around June and July. For the rest of the year, especially around December and January, the sun stays too low in the sky to build meaningful UV even at solar noon.
Whitehorse sits about 637 m above sea level. Thinner air scatters and absorbs less UV on the way down, so uvlevel.net adds roughly 5% to the modelled index here: uv = max(weather, CAMS) × (1 + 0.08 × metres/1000). That correction is already folded into every number on this page.
| Local time | UV index | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 01:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 02:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 03:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 04:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 05:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 06:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 07:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 08:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 09:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 10:00 | 0.1 | No danger |
| 11:00 | 0.2 | No danger |
| 12:00 | 0.6 | No danger |
| 13:00 | 0.9 | No danger |
| 14:00 | 1 | No danger |
| 15:00 | 0.9 | No danger |
| 16:00 | 0.6 | No danger |
| 17:00 | 0.3 | No danger |
| 18:00 | 0.1 | No danger |
| 19:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 20:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 21:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 22:00 | 0 | No danger |
| 23:00 | 0 | No danger |
| Skin type | Time to burn |
|---|---|
| I · always burns, never tans | 2 h 20 min |
| II · burns easily | 2 h 55 min |
| III · burns sometimes | 4 h 06 min |
| IV · rarely burns | 5 h 16 min |
| V · brown skin | 7 h 01 min |
| VI · deeply pigmented | 11 h 42 min |
Not today. UV in Whitehorse is forecast to stay under 3 all day, peaking at 1.
UV is highest in Whitehorse at around 14:00 local time today, reaching 1.
At today's peak of 1, fair skin (Fitzpatrick type II) with no sunscreen burns in about 2 h 55 min. Darker skin types take longer. See the table above for every type.
This far from the equator, UV is only a real concern for a few months around June and July. For the rest of the year, especially around December and January, the sun stays too low in the sky to build meaningful UV even at solar noon.
Forecasts and elevation from Open-Meteo. The second UV opinion contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) information; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for how it is used here.
uvlevel.net gives general sun-safety guidance, not medical advice. Photosensitising medication, skin conditions, infants and a history of skin cancer all call for stricter limits than shown here.