Regina climate
Regina is warmest in August, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -18 °C. June is the wettest month (95 mm) and February the driest (12 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Regina averages 490 mm of rain, 45 days above 25 °C and 181 days below freezing.
Canada · population 226,404 · 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 25 °C
- Coldest month January -18 °C
- Driest month February 12 mm
- Wettest month June 95 mm
- Least cloud July 46 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 39 °C
- Coldest on record January -43 °C
What to expectRegina through the year
Regina has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -8.5 °C in January to 25 °C in August, a swing of 33 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 45 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C, 181 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 95 mm against 12 mm in February — 7.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.5 °C | 17 mm | 69 % |
| February | -5.7 °C | 12 mm | 70 % |
| March | 1.4 °C | 21 mm | 66 % |
| April | 10.7 °C | 36 mm | 61 % |
| May | 17.6 °C | 61 mm | 58 % |
| June | 21.7 °C | 95 mm | 60 % |
| July | 24.8 °C | 74 mm | 46 % |
| August | 24.8 °C | 60 mm | 46 % |
| September | 19.3 °C | 40 mm | 51 % |
| October | 10.1 °C | 34 mm | 59 % |
| November | 0.5 °C | 22 mm | 66 % |
| December | -6.2 °C | 18 mm | 68 % |
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 | -8.5 °C | -17.6 °C | -13.6 °C | 9.0 °C | -43.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| February | -5.7 °C | -15.3 °C | -11.1 °C | 13.9 °C | -42.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| March | 1.4 °C | -9.1 °C | -4.6 °C | 21.5 °C | -38.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| April | 10.7 °C | -1.6 °C | 3.8 °C | 28.3 °C | -25.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| May | 17.6 °C | 5.1 °C | 11.0 °C | 30.9 °C | -10.5 °C | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| June | 21.7 °C | 10.8 °C | 16.0 °C | 32.9 °C | 1.0 °C | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 24.8 °C | 13.8 °C | 19.0 °C | 35.9 °C | 4.6 °C | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 24.8 °C | 13.3 °C | 18.6 °C | 39.4 °C | 2.8 °C | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| September | 19.3 °C | 8.3 °C | 13.1 °C | 33.9 °C | -5.6 °C | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| October | 10.1 °C | 1.1 °C | 4.8 °C | 28.9 °C | -17.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| November | 0.5 °C | -7.0 °C | -3.8 °C | 18.9 °C | -31.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| December | -6.2 °C | -14.3 °C | -10.6 °C | 8.4 °C | -39.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17 mm | 5 | 8.5 h/day | 69 % | 80 % | 20 km/h |
| February | 12 mm | 3 | 10 h/day | 70 % | 79 % | 20 km/h |
| March | 21 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 66 % | 75 % | 21 km/h |
| April | 36 mm | 7 | 14 h/day | 61 % | 63 % | 22 km/h |
| May | 61 mm | 9 | 15 h/day | 58 % | 61 % | 22 km/h |
| June | 95 mm | 13 | 16 h/day | 60 % | 68 % | 21 km/h |
| July | 74 mm | 10 | 16 h/day | 46 % | 70 % | 19 km/h |
| August | 60 mm | 8 | 15 h/day | 46 % | 66 % | 19 km/h |
| September | 40 mm | 7 | 13 h/day | 51 % | 65 % | 21 km/h |
| October | 34 mm | 6 | 11 h/day | 59 % | 70 % | 21 km/h |
| November | 22 mm | 5 | 9.0 h/day | 66 % | 76 % | 20 km/h |
| December | 18 mm | 5 | 8.0 h/day | 68 % | 79 % | 20 km/h |
Where Regina ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The coolest places in North America in February | 4thof 50 | -5.7 °C |
| The coolest places in North America in January | 4thof 50 | -8.5 °C |
| The coolest places in North America in December | 5thof 50 | -6.2 °C |
| The coolest places in North America in October | 5thof 50 | 10 °C |
| The coolest places in North America in November | 6thof 50 | 0.5 °C |
| The coolest places in North America year-round | 7thof 50 | 9.2 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Regina.
QuestionsCommon questions about Regina’s climate
When is the best time to visit Regina?
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, August is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Regina get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 8 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -18 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 181 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Regina?
June, averaging 95 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 12 mm. The year as a whole averages 490 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 Regina 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
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.