Canada
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2017 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
108,860km²
Area
6,225km
Coastline
measured on a simplified outline
814m
Highest point
The Cabox
479,538
People
14°C
Warmest sea
August
65km
To the mainland
When to go to Newfoundland
Best to visit from July to August.
The sea is warmest in August (14 °C) and coolest in March (0 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island portion of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Newfoundland is an island in Canada. It covers 108,860 km², with 6,225 km of coastline. Its highest point, The Cabox, rises to 814 m. About 479,538 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 65 km away.
Getting there
- St. John's International Airport (YYT)main airport (4 on the island with scheduled flights)Car hire at YYT airport (St. John's)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- 65 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From July to Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Newfoundland.
This island is too large to count beaches and viewpoints in a meaningful way.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Newfoundland in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Newfoundland, each with its own numbers.
1,179beaches and covesCoastya
532lakesLakeyas
29waterfallsCascadyas
Tallest waterfall
343m
Pissing Mare Falls
according to Cascadyas
Largest lake
314km²
Meelpaeg Lake
according to Lakeyas
Deepest lake
274m
Gander Lake
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
24.3°C
Musquash
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
17.0°C
Indian Cove
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
1,179 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Red Beach14.0°C
- Apsey Covecove16.3°C
- Gull Covecove14.8°C
- Dog Covecove15.8°C
- Allan Covecove15.9°C
- Furby's Covecove15.9°C
- Red Covecove15.7°C
- Bacon Covecove14.0°C
1,171 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
532 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Meelpaeg Lake314km²
- Beothuk Lake187km²
- Jeddore Lake171km²
- Victoria Lake153km²
- Gander Lake274 m deep120km²
- Great Burnt Lake90.6km²
- Deer Lake67.8km²
- Western Brook Pond165 m deep23.3km²
524 more on LakeyasLakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
29 waterfalls
on Cascadyas, the waterfall atlas
- Pissing Mare Falls343m
- Barachois Falls
- Rocky River Falls
- Chidleys Falls
- Governor Allardyce Falls
- Lady Allardyce Falls
- The Falls
- Aviron Falls
21 more on CascadyasCascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
500 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- St. John's110,525 people
- Conception Bay South27,168 people
- Paradise22,957 people
- Mount Pearl22,477 people
- Corner Brook19,316 people
- Grand Falls-Windsor13,853 people
- Gander11,880 people
- Downtown St. John's9,431 people
- Portugal Cove-St. Phillip’s8,415 people
- Torbay7,852 people
- Clarenville6,704 people
- Pearlgate6,555 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | -4 | -4 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | -1 |
| Night low (°C) | -12 | -12 | -9 | -3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | -3 | -8 |
| Sea (°C) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Rain (mm) | 91 | 84 | 72 | 71 | 81 | 87 | 102 | 101 | 98 | 96 | 100 | 102 |
| Wet days | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Sun h/day | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| Wind (km/h) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | −0.1 | −0.3 | −0.7 | −0.7 | −1.9 | +0.4 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +1.3 | +0.4 | +0.6 |
| 2021 | +0.4 | −0.5 | −0.6 | −1.2 | +0.1 | +1.2 | +0.4 | +0.9 | +1.3 | +1.5 | +2.0 | +1.9 |
| 2022 | +1.1 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +1.2 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +1.3 | +2.5 | +2.3 | +0.9 | +0.9 |
| 2023 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.3 | +0.4 | −0.2 | −1.3 | −0.1 | +0.6 | +1.7 | +1.6 | +0.6 | +0.5 |
| 2024 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +1.7 | +0.9 | +2.1 | +2.5 | +1.7 | +1.6 |
| 2025 | +1.5 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.3 | −0.1 | +0.8 | +1.1 | +1.6 | +0.8 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
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About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q48335) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | Natural Earth · public domain |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Lakeyas, Cascadyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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