Kitchener climate

Name: Kitchener
Address: CA

Kitchener is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -10 °C. June is the wettest month (96 mm) and February the driest (56 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kitchener averages 920 mm of rain, 52 days above 25 °C and 140 days below freezing.

Canada · population 256,885 · 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 July 26 °C
Coldest month February -10 °C
Driest month February 56 mm
Wettest month June 96 mm
Least cloud July 51 % cloud
Hottest on record August 34 °C
Coldest on record January -31 °C

What to expectKitchener through the year

Kitchener has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -1.0 °C in February to 26 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 52 days a year reach 25 °C, 6 of them reach 30 °C, 140 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 56 mm in February to 96 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-2.1 °C	69 mm	81 %
February	-1.0 °C	56 mm	72 %
March	4.5 °C	63 mm	66 %
April	11.6 °C	85 mm	64 %
May	18.7 °C	89 mm	60 %
June	23.6 °C	96 mm	57 %
July	25.7 °C	85 mm	51 %
August	24.6 °C	74 mm	52 %
September	20.9 °C	80 mm	54 %
October	13.7 °C	81 mm	63 %
November	6.7 °C	75 mm	73 %
December	0.9 °C	66 mm	81 %

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	-2.1 °C	-9.9 °C	-6.2 °C	14.5 °C	-31.3 °C	0	0	29
February	-1.0 °C	-10.2 °C	-5.9 °C	17.5 °C	-31.3 °C	0	0	27
March	4.5 °C	-5.3 °C	-0.9 °C	25.6 °C	-27.0 °C	0	0	25
April	11.6 °C	1.0 °C	5.9 °C	27.3 °C	-16.3 °C	0	0	13
May	18.7 °C	7.9 °C	13.1 °C	31.9 °C	-4.1 °C	4	0	1
June	23.6 °C	13.5 °C	18.5 °C	33.4 °C	3.8 °C	11	2	0
July	25.7 °C	16.0 °C	20.8 °C	33.9 °C	7.2 °C	17	3	0
August	24.6 °C	15.5 °C	19.9 °C	34.1 °C	6.1 °C	14	1	0
September	20.9 °C	12.0 °C	16.2 °C	31.9 °C	-1.8 °C	6	0	0
October	13.7 °C	6.0 °C	9.5 °C	28.6 °C	-4.5 °C	0	0	2
November	6.7 °C	-0.1 °C	2.9 °C	19.9 °C	-19.0 °C	0	0	15
December	0.9 °C	-5.4 °C	-2.5 °C	16.3 °C	-27.9 °C	0	0	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	69 mm	11	9.3 h/day	81 %	78 %	21 km/h
February	56 mm	9	10 h/day	72 %	75 %	21 km/h
March	63 mm	9	12 h/day	66 %	69 %	20 km/h
April	85 mm	11	13 h/day	64 %	66 %	21 km/h
May	89 mm	11	15 h/day	60 %	67 %	19 km/h
June	96 mm	11	15 h/day	57 %	69 %	17 km/h
July	85 mm	11	15 h/day	51 %	70 %	16 km/h
August	74 mm	10	14 h/day	52 %	73 %	16 km/h
September	80 mm	9	13 h/day	54 %	74 %	17 km/h
October	81 mm	11	11 h/day	63 %	76 %	19 km/h
November	75 mm	11	9.7 h/day	73 %	78 %	20 km/h
December	66 mm	11	9.0 h/day	81 %	79 %	21 km/h

How Kitchener 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
Kitchener	26 °C	-10 °C	920 mm	52
Hamilton · Canada	26 °C	-7.0 °C	913 mm	58
Brampton · Canada	26 °C	-9.6 °C	828 mm	60
Mississauga · Canada	26 °C	-8.6 °C	881 mm	57
London · Canada	26 °C	-8.9 °C	996 mm	61
Etobicoke · Canada	26 °C	-7.9 °C	804 mm	52
Vaughan · Canada	26 °C	-9.4 °C	812 mm	53

Where Kitchener ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in North America in February	14thof 50	-1.0 °C
The coolest places in North America in November	16thof 50	6.7 °C
The coolest places in North America in December	17thof 50	0.9 °C
The coolest places in North America in January	17thof 50	-2.1 °C
The coolest places in North America in October	18thof 50	14 °C
The coolest places in North America year-round	19thof 50	12 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kitchener’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kitchener?

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

How hot does Kitchener get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 6 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -10 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 140 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kitchener?

June, averaging 96 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 56 mm. The year as a whole averages 920 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 Kitchener 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
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.