Toronto climate

Name: Toronto
Address: CA

Toronto is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -8.1 °C. June is the wettest month (78 mm) and February the driest (50 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Toronto averages 806 mm of rain, 43 days above 25 °C and 117 days below freezing.

Canada · population 2,794,356 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month February -8.1 °C
Driest month February 50 mm
Wettest month June 78 mm
Least cloud July 49 % cloud
Hottest on record July 34 °C
Coldest on record February -25 °C

What to expectToronto through the year

Toronto has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -0.5 °C in February to 25 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 43 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C, 117 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 50 mm in February to 78 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-1.0 °C	61 mm	74 %
February	-0.5 °C	50 mm	67 %
March	3.8 °C	57 mm	63 %
April	9.9 °C	78 mm	62 %
May	16.3 °C	73 mm	59 %
June	22.0 °C	78 mm	56 %
July	25.3 °C	71 mm	49 %
August	24.8 °C	65 mm	49 %
September	21.2 °C	69 mm	52 %
October	14.2 °C	75 mm	61 %
November	7.5 °C	67 mm	69 %
December	2.1 °C	62 mm	75 %

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	-1.0 °C	-7.5 °C	-4.5 °C	14.1 °C	-25.2 °C	0	0	27
February	-0.5 °C	-8.1 °C	-4.7 °C	16.3 °C	-25.4 °C	0	0	26
March	3.8 °C	-4.1 °C	-0.6 °C	21.0 °C	-23.7 °C	0	0	24
April	9.9 °C	1.9 °C	5.5 °C	23.1 °C	-10.7 °C	0	0	9
May	16.3 °C	8.2 °C	12.0 °C	29.2 °C	-2.9 °C	1	0	0
June	22.0 °C	14.3 °C	18.0 °C	32.5 °C	4.8 °C	7	0	0
July	25.3 °C	17.8 °C	21.5 °C	34.2 °C	10.5 °C	16	3	0
August	24.8 °C	17.7 °C	21.2 °C	33.0 °C	11.0 °C	14	1	0
September	21.2 °C	14.4 °C	17.6 °C	30.9 °C	3.6 °C	5	0	0
October	14.2 °C	8.3 °C	11.0 °C	28.8 °C	-4.1 °C	0	0	0
November	7.5 °C	2.1 °C	4.5 °C	19.8 °C	-17.4 °C	0	0	9
December	2.1 °C	-3.1 °C	-0.7 °C	15.3 °C	-24.8 °C	0	0	22

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	61 mm	10	9.3 h/day	74 %	73 %	23 km/h
February	50 mm	8	10 h/day	67 %	71 %	22 km/h
March	57 mm	9	12 h/day	63 %	70 %	21 km/h
April	78 mm	11	13 h/day	62 %	69 %	21 km/h
May	73 mm	10	15 h/day	59 %	72 %	19 km/h
June	78 mm	11	15 h/day	56 %	73 %	18 km/h
July	71 mm	10	15 h/day	49 %	71 %	17 km/h
August	65 mm	9	14 h/day	49 %	72 %	17 km/h
September	69 mm	9	13 h/day	52 %	72 %	18 km/h
October	75 mm	10	11 h/day	61 %	73 %	21 km/h
November	67 mm	10	9.7 h/day	69 %	74 %	21 km/h
December	62 mm	10	9.0 h/day	75 %	75 %	22 km/h

How Toronto 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
Toronto	25 °C	-8.1 °C	806 mm	43
Etobicoke · Canada	26 °C	-7.9 °C	804 mm	52
Vaughan · Canada	26 °C	-9.4 °C	812 mm	53
Markham · Canada	26 °C	-9.3 °C	888 mm	51
Mississauga · Canada	26 °C	-8.6 °C	881 mm	57
Brampton · Canada	26 °C	-9.6 °C	828 mm	60
Oshawa · Canada	25 °C	-8.1 °C	892 mm	40

Where Toronto ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in North America in May	7thof 50	16 °C
The coolest places in North America in April	9thof 50	9.9 °C
The coolest places in North America in March	17thof 50	3.8 °C
The coolest places in North America year-round	18thof 50	12 °C
Places with the best weather in North America in August	21stof 50	87/100
The coolest places in North America in June	28thof 50	22 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Toronto’s climate

When is the best time to visit Toronto?

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 Toronto get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 4 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 -8.1 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 117 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Toronto?

June, averaging 78 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 50 mm. The year as a whole averages 806 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 Toronto 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.