Burnaby climate

Name: Burnaby
Address: CA

Burnaby is warmest in August, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.9 °C. November is the wettest month (343 mm) and July the driest (53 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Burnaby averages 2,265 mm of rain, 28 days above 25 °C and 40 days below freezing.

Canada · population 249,125 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 23 °C
Coldest month January 0.9 °C
Driest month July 53 mm
Wettest month November 343 mm
Least cloud July 46 % cloud
Hottest on record July 35 °C
Coldest on record December -16 °C
Warmest sea August 16 °C

What to expectBurnaby through the year

Burnaby has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.7 °C in January to 23 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 28 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C, 40 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 343 mm against 53 mm in July — 6.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Burnaby is warmest in August at 16 °C and coldest in January at 7.1 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.7 °C	305 mm	78 %
February	7.5 °C	191 mm	71 %
March	9.8 °C	249 mm	73 %
April	13.2 °C	171 mm	70 %
May	17.4 °C	117 mm	64 %
June	19.7 °C	95 mm	63 %
July	23.3 °C	53 mm	46 %
August	23.5 °C	73 mm	47 %
September	20.1 °C	122 mm	54 %
October	13.9 °C	241 mm	70 %
November	8.5 °C	343 mm	78 %
December	5.2 °C	303 mm	80 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	5.7 °C	0.9 °C	2.9 °C	14.6 °C	-13.7 °C	0	0	10
February	7.5 °C	1.1 °C	3.7 °C	17.4 °C	-11.0 °C	0	0	9
March	9.8 °C	2.3 °C	5.5 °C	21.3 °C	-8.8 °C	0	0	6
April	13.2 °C	4.6 °C	8.5 °C	26.6 °C	-2.4 °C	0	0	1
May	17.4 °C	8.1 °C	12.5 °C	29.6 °C	0.9 °C	1	0	0
June	19.7 °C	11.1 °C	15.2 °C	32.1 °C	5.0 °C	3	0	0
July	23.3 °C	13.9 °C	18.3 °C	34.5 °C	8.1 °C	10	2	0
August	23.5 °C	14.3 °C	18.6 °C	34.3 °C	8.9 °C	10	1	0
September	20.1 °C	11.9 °C	15.6 °C	33.0 °C	5.0 °C	4	0	0
October	13.9 °C	7.7 °C	10.4 °C	25.2 °C	-3.3 °C	0	0	0
November	8.5 °C	3.7 °C	5.8 °C	17.4 °C	-13.5 °C	0	0	3
December	5.2 °C	1.1 °C	3.0 °C	12.3 °C	-16.2 °C	0	0	10

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	305 mm	19	8.7 h/day	78 %	87 %	12 km/h	7.1 °C
February	191 mm	16	10 h/day	71 %	83 %	12 km/h	7.2 °C
March	249 mm	19	12 h/day	73 %	82 %	12 km/h	7.9 °C
April	171 mm	17	14 h/day	70 %	79 %	12 km/h	9.6 °C
May	117 mm	12	15 h/day	64 %	76 %	11 km/h	12.2 °C
June	95 mm	11	16 h/day	63 %	76 %	10 km/h	14.4 °C
July	53 mm	7	16 h/day	46 %	73 %	10 km/h	16.1 °C
August	73 mm	7	14 h/day	47 %	75 %	9.8 km/h	16.3 °C
September	122 mm	10	13 h/day	54 %	81 %	9.8 km/h	14.3 °C
October	241 mm	16	11 h/day	70 %	86 %	12 km/h	11.3 °C
November	343 mm	20	9.1 h/day	78 %	89 %	13 km/h	9.1 °C
December	303 mm	19	8.2 h/day	80 %	88 %	13 km/h	7.7 °C

How Burnaby compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Burnaby	23 °C	0.9 °C	2,265 mm	28
Vancouver · Canada	23 °C	1.4 °C	2,218 mm	19
Richmond · Canada	23 °C	1.6 °C	2,194 mm	21
Surrey · Canada	24 °C	0.1 °C	1,606 mm	32
Victoria · Canada	21 °C	3.1 °C	1,012 mm	9
Seattle · United States	25 °C	1.8 °C	1,296 mm	39

Where Burnaby ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in August	9th of 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in North America in July	9th of 50	93/100
The coolest places in North America in June	9th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in North America in May	14th of 50	17 °C
The coolest places in North America in October	20th of 50	14 °C
The coolest places in North America in September	22nd of 50	20 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Burnaby.

QuestionsCommon questions about Burnaby’s climate

When is the best time to visit Burnaby?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Burnaby get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. About 3 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 40 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Burnaby?

November, averaging 343 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is July with 53 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,265 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Burnaby rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 49.266°, -122.953° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.