Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Few Canadian towns get fewer frosts than Capilano 5
July afternoons average 23.0°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 97% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 20°C apart. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to March, when means dip under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Capilano 5 has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Vancouver (Harbour), 2.8 km south-east, instead.
A year in Capilano 5 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Capilano 5’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Capilano 5 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 17 frosts and 87 warm days a year
Frosts fall from November to March; January has the most, about 6.
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
On about 142 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
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
Snowfall: Vancouver International (Airport), 15 km away (Vancouver (Harbour) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Capilano 5
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. A house here needs less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Capilano 5’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Capilano 5’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
Vancouver (Harbour) is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 2.8 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 15 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 15 km |
How Capilano 5 compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Capilano 5’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 10–20 km from Capilano 5.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capilano 5 Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver 10 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
| New Westminster 20 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
Capilano 5 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 |
June has run from −2.8°C to 30.6°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 1.5°C from 5.3°C. July moves least, typically by 0.8°C.
Where Capilano 5’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Vancouver (Harbour), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Capilano 5’s climate
How warm does Capilano 5 get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.0°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Capilano 5 get in winter?
At its coldest, in December, the normal low is 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Capilano 5 get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,537 mm of water a year; November brings the most (245 mm), July the least (44 mm).
Are these figures for Capilano 5 itself?
They describe Vancouver (Harbour), the nearest normals location, rather than Capilano 5 itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Capilano 5 →
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).