Vancouver climate

Name: Vancouver
Address: CA

Vancouver is warmest in August, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.4 °C. November is the wettest month (338 mm) and July the driest (51 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Vancouver averages 2,218 mm of rain, 19 days above 25 °C and 33 days below freezing.

Canada · population 662,248 · 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 1.4 °C
Driest month July 51 mm
Wettest month November 338 mm
Least cloud July 45 % cloud
Hottest on record July 34 °C
Coldest on record January -14 °C
Warmest sea August 16 °C

What to expectVancouver through the year

Vancouver has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.8 °C in January to 23 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 19 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 33 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 338 mm against 51 mm in July — 6.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Vancouver 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	5.8 °C	299 mm	77 %
February	7.3 °C	187 mm	71 %
March	9.4 °C	244 mm	73 %
April	12.5 °C	168 mm	69 %
May	16.4 °C	114 mm	64 %
June	18.9 °C	92 mm	62 %
July	22.4 °C	51 mm	45 %
August	22.6 °C	72 mm	46 %
September	19.3 °C	117 mm	54 %
October	13.4 °C	238 mm	70 %
November	8.3 °C	338 mm	78 %
December	5.4 °C	298 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	5.8 °C	1.4 °C	3.2 °C	12.8 °C	-13.7 °C	0	0	10
February	7.3 °C	1.5 °C	3.9 °C	15.9 °C	-9.6 °C	0	0	8
March	9.4 °C	3.0 °C	5.7 °C	19.6 °C	-4.2 °C	0	0	4
April	12.5 °C	5.1 °C	8.5 °C	24.7 °C	-1.3 °C	0	0	1
May	16.4 °C	8.6 °C	12.3 °C	26.8 °C	1.7 °C	0	0	0
June	18.9 °C	11.5 °C	15.0 °C	30.9 °C	6.0 °C	2	0	0
July	22.4 °C	14.1 °C	18.0 °C	33.7 °C	8.3 °C	7	1	0
August	22.6 °C	14.4 °C	18.2 °C	31.6 °C	9.1 °C	7	0	0
September	19.3 °C	12.1 °C	15.3 °C	31.3 °C	5.3 °C	2	0	0
October	13.4 °C	7.9 °C	10.3 °C	23.6 °C	-2.4 °C	0	0	0
November	8.3 °C	4.1 °C	5.9 °C	16.4 °C	-11.3 °C	0	0	3
December	5.4 °C	1.5 °C	3.2 °C	11.9 °C	-12.4 °C	0	0	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	299 mm	19	8.7 h/day	77 %	85 %	13 km/h	7.1 °C
February	187 mm	15	10 h/day	71 %	81 %	13 km/h	7.2 °C
March	244 mm	19	12 h/day	73 %	80 %	13 km/h	7.9 °C
April	168 mm	16	14 h/day	69 %	78 %	12 km/h	9.6 °C
May	114 mm	12	15 h/day	64 %	75 %	11 km/h	12.2 °C
June	92 mm	11	16 h/day	62 %	74 %	11 km/h	14.4 °C
July	51 mm	7	16 h/day	45 %	72 %	11 km/h	16.1 °C
August	72 mm	7	14 h/day	46 %	74 %	10 km/h	16.3 °C
September	117 mm	10	13 h/day	54 %	79 %	10 km/h	14.3 °C
October	238 mm	16	11 h/day	70 %	84 %	12 km/h	11.3 °C
November	338 mm	19	9.1 h/day	78 %	86 %	14 km/h	9.1 °C
December	298 mm	19	8.2 h/day	80 %	85 %	14 km/h	7.7 °C

How Vancouver 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
Vancouver	23 °C	1.4 °C	2,218 mm	19
Richmond · Canada	23 °C	1.6 °C	2,194 mm	21
Burnaby · Canada	23 °C	0.9 °C	2,265 mm	28
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 Vancouver ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in August	5th of 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in North America in July	6th of 50	94/100
The coolest places in North America in June	6th of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in North America in May	9th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in North America in September	14th of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in North America in October	16th of 50	13 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Vancouver’s climate

When is the best time to visit Vancouver?

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 Vancouver get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. About 1 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 1.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 33 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Vancouver?

November, averaging 338 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is July with 51 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,218 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 Vancouver 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: 49.250°, -123.119° (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.