Hardly any Canadian towns wake to less frost than Montecito
Expect July afternoons of about 23.0°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 97% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 20°C. The furnace earns its keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
Montecito has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Vancouver (Harbour), 12 km west.
A year in Montecito at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Montecito’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Montecito feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
17 frost days and 87 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from November to March, most of all in January (about 6 nights).
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,537 mm of rain and snow a year
About 142 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 37 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to March, most of all in December (about 14 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 19 km away.
Heating a home in Montecito
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. A house here needs less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Montecito’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plan time outside for May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Montecito’s hazards page covers the risks.
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 | 12 km west |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 19 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 19 km |
How Montecito compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Montecito’s own would show the same figures). Montecito has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 7 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montecito Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| New Westminster 7.3 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
Montecito weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| 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 |
In June, anything from −2.8°C to 30.6°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 1.5°C of its normal of 5.3°C; July keeps to within 0.8°C.
Where Montecito’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Vancouver (Harbour), 1991–2020.
- 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: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Montecito’s climate
How warm does Montecito get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.0°C.
How cold does Montecito get in winter?
Midwinter means December, when a typical night reaches 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Montecito get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,537 mm; the range runs from 44 mm in July to 245 mm in November.
Are these figures for Montecito itself?
Not quite: they come from Vancouver (Harbour), the closest ECCC normals location to Montecito.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Montecito →
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).