Garden Village is among the least frosty of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 23.0°C. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 97% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 20°C apart. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 142 times a year.
ECCC publishes no normals for Garden Village itself; the figures are those of Vancouver (Harbour), 11 km north-west.
A year in Garden Village at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Garden Village’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Garden Village feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
17 frost days and 87 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs November to March, peaking in January at about 6 nights.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,537 mm of precipitation in a typical year
November is the wettest month and July the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
37 cm of snow in a typical year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 14 km away.
Heating a home in Garden Village
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. Homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Garden Village’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Garden Village’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vancouver (Harbour), one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 11 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 14 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 14 km |
How Garden Village compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Garden Village whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 8–14 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Garden Village.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Village Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| New Westminster 7.5 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
| Richmond 13 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
Garden Village weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 3.3°C | 5.3°C | 237 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 8.4°C | 3.3°C | 5.9°C | 117 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 10.5°C | 4.6°C | 7.6°C | 163 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 13.9°C | 6.9°C | 10.4°C | 118 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 17.8°C | 10.2°C | 14.0°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 20.2°C | 12.8°C | 16.5°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.0°C | 14.9°C | 19.0°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.0°C | 14.8°C | 18.9°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 12.1°C | 15.8°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.9°C | 8.6°C | 11.2°C | 157 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.7°C | 5.3°C | 7.5°C | 245 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 7.1°C | 3.2°C | 5.2°C | 200 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 14.5°C | 8.3°C | 11.4°C | 1,537 mm | 37 cm |
A June here can run from −2.8°C to 30.6°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±1.5°C around 5.3°C), July the one that wanders least (±0.8°C).
Where Garden Village’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Vancouver (Harbour), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Garden Village’s climate
How warm does Garden Village get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.0°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Garden Village get in winter?
In December, the coldest month, the typical low is 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Garden Village get?
1,537 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is November (245 mm); the driest, July (44 mm).
Are these figures for Garden Village itself?
No, they come from Vancouver (Harbour); ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Garden Village itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Garden Village →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).