Vancouver climate

Name: Vancouver
Address: US

Vancouver is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 1.7 °C. December is the wettest month (227 mm) and July the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Vancouver averages 1,497 mm of rain, 76 days above 25 °C and 34 days below freezing.

United States · 52 m elevation · population 196,442 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month December 1.7 °C
Driest month July 17 mm
Wettest month December 227 mm
Least cloud August 37 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record February -15 °C

What to expectVancouver through the year

Vancouver has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.4 °C in December to 28 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 76 days a year reach 25 °C, 27 of them reach 30 °C, 34 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 227 mm against 17 mm in July — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.1 °C	202 mm	78 %
February	10.1 °C	151 mm	72 %
March	12.8 °C	174 mm	75 %
April	15.5 °C	138 mm	71 %
May	19.6 °C	89 mm	65 %
June	22.6 °C	60 mm	58 %
July	27.6 °C	17 mm	37 %
August	28.2 °C	22 mm	37 %
September	24.7 °C	60 mm	44 %
October	17.3 °C	138 mm	61 %
November	10.9 °C	220 mm	75 %
December	7.4 °C	227 mm	79 %

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	8.1 °C	1.7 °C	4.2 °C	18.1 °C	-11.5 °C	0	0	10
February	10.1 °C	1.9 °C	5.2 °C	19.7 °C	-15.1 °C	0	0	7
March	12.8 °C	3.6 °C	7.3 °C	23.2 °C	-4.9 °C	0	0	3
April	15.5 °C	5.5 °C	9.7 °C	30.0 °C	-1.4 °C	1	0	0
May	19.6 °C	8.7 °C	13.3 °C	33.2 °C	0.8 °C	5	1	0
June	22.6 °C	11.1 °C	16.1 °C	38.2 °C	4.5 °C	9	2	0
July	27.6 °C	13.7 °C	19.8 °C	40.4 °C	7.7 °C	22	9	0
August	28.2 °C	14.2 °C	20.2 °C	40.1 °C	8.7 °C	23	11	0
September	24.7 °C	12.2 °C	17.3 °C	37.5 °C	4.5 °C	14	4	0
October	17.3 °C	8.2 °C	11.9 °C	31.2 °C	-3.1 °C	1	0	0
November	10.9 °C	4.4 °C	7.0 °C	19.5 °C	-7.3 °C	0	0	3
December	7.4 °C	1.7 °C	4.0 °C	14.2 °C	-8.3 °C	0	0	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	202 mm	18	9.1 h/day	78 %	86 %	13 km/h
February	151 mm	15	10 h/day	72 %	83 %	14 km/h
March	174 mm	18	12 h/day	75 %	81 %	14 km/h
April	138 mm	17	14 h/day	71 %	78 %	13 km/h
May	89 mm	13	15 h/day	65 %	73 %	12 km/h
June	60 mm	9	16 h/day	58 %	70 %	13 km/h
July	17 mm	3	15 h/day	37 %	62 %	13 km/h
August	22 mm	3	14 h/day	37 %	62 %	13 km/h
September	60 mm	7	13 h/day	44 %	68 %	12 km/h
October	138 mm	13	11 h/day	61 %	79 %	12 km/h
November	220 mm	18	9.5 h/day	75 %	86 %	13 km/h
December	227 mm	18	8.7 h/day	79 %	87 %	14 km/h

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	28 °C	1.7 °C	1,497 mm	76
Portland · United States	29 °C	2.0 °C	1,227 mm	81
Salem · United States	29 °C	2.1 °C	1,062 mm	83
Eugene · United States	29 °C	1.4 °C	1,287 mm	80
Tacoma · United States	25 °C	1.8 °C	1,179 mm	45

Where Vancouver ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in September	12th of 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in North America in July	18th of 50	88/100
Places with the best weather in North America in June	21st of 50	89/100
Places with the best weather in North America in August	23rd of 50	87/100
The coolest places in North America in June	38th of 50	23 °C
The coolest places in North America in May	43rd of 50	20 °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 28 °C. About 27 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.7 °C in December, the coldest month. A normal year has 34 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Vancouver?

December, averaging 227 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is July with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,497 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: 45.639°, -122.661° , 52 m above sea level (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.