Québec climate

Name: Québec
Address: CA

Québec is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -15 °C. October is the wettest month (126 mm) and February the driest (68 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Québec averages 1,228 mm of rain, 35 days above 25 °C and 158 days below freezing.

Canada · population 531,902 · 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 24 °C
Coldest month January -15 °C
Driest month February 68 mm
Wettest month October 126 mm
Least cloud August 58 % cloud
Hottest on record May 34 °C
Coldest on record December -36 °C

What to expectQuébec through the year

Québec has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -6.6 °C in January to 24 °C in July, a swing of 31 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 35 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C, 158 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 68 mm in February to 126 mm in October. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-6.6 °C	83 mm	66 %
February	-4.7 °C	68 mm	65 %
March	1.1 °C	80 mm	64 %
April	8.4 °C	103 mm	65 %
May	17.5 °C	102 mm	64 %
June	22.4 °C	118 mm	63 %
July	24.5 °C	126 mm	60 %
August	23.4 °C	114 mm	58 %
September	19.1 °C	110 mm	59 %
October	11.5 °C	126 mm	66 %
November	4.0 °C	97 mm	69 %
December	-3.0 °C	101 mm	70 %

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	-6.6 °C	-15.3 °C	-11.3 °C	11.4 °C	-33.4 °C	0	0	30
February	-4.7 °C	-13.5 °C	-9.5 °C	11.9 °C	-30.2 °C	0	0	28
March	1.1 °C	-7.7 °C	-3.8 °C	16.8 °C	-25.5 °C	0	0	28
April	8.4 °C	-1.2 °C	3.2 °C	26.2 °C	-17.8 °C	0	0	17
May	17.5 °C	6.9 °C	11.8 °C	33.9 °C	-2.8 °C	3	0	1
June	22.4 °C	12.8 °C	17.3 °C	33.4 °C	1.6 °C	8	1	0
July	24.5 °C	15.8 °C	19.9 °C	32.7 °C	8.9 °C	14	1	0
August	23.4 °C	15.0 °C	18.9 °C	32.2 °C	6.7 °C	9	0	0
September	19.1 °C	10.7 °C	14.6 °C	31.0 °C	-0.4 °C	2	0	0
October	11.5 °C	4.4 °C	7.5 °C	24.7 °C	-6.1 °C	0	0	4
November	4.0 °C	-2.2 °C	0.5 °C	18.9 °C	-20.5 °C	0	0	20
December	-3.0 °C	-10.5 °C	-6.9 °C	13.1 °C	-35.6 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	83 mm	11	9.0 h/day	66 %	73 %	18 km/h
February	68 mm	10	10 h/day	65 %	72 %	18 km/h
March	80 mm	10	12 h/day	64 %	71 %	18 km/h
April	103 mm	11	14 h/day	65 %	69 %	18 km/h
May	102 mm	12	15 h/day	64 %	68 %	17 km/h
June	118 mm	12	16 h/day	63 %	71 %	16 km/h
July	126 mm	14	16 h/day	60 %	75 %	15 km/h
August	114 mm	13	14 h/day	58 %	77 %	15 km/h
September	110 mm	11	13 h/day	59 %	76 %	16 km/h
October	126 mm	13	11 h/day	66 %	76 %	17 km/h
November	97 mm	12	9.4 h/day	69 %	75 %	17 km/h
December	101 mm	13	8.6 h/day	70 %	76 %	17 km/h

How Québec 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
Québec	24 °C	-15 °C	1,228 mm	35
Longueuil · Canada	26 °C	-14 °C	1,097 mm	52
Montréal · Canada	25 °C	-15 °C	1,097 mm	36
Laval · Canada	26 °C	-14 °C	1,047 mm	50

Where Québec ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in North America in April	5thof 50	8.4 °C
The coolest places in North America in February	6thof 50	-4.7 °C
The coolest places in North America in March	7thof 50	1.1 °C
The coolest places in North America in December	8thof 50	-3.0 °C
The coolest places in North America in January	8thof 50	-6.6 °C
The coolest places in North America in November	9thof 50	4.0 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Québec’s climate

When is the best time to visit Québec?

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 Québec get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 3 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 -15 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 158 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Québec?

October, averaging 126 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 68 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,228 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 Québec 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.