Photo: Kyle Wilson · CC BY-SA 4.0Hardly any Canadian towns see softer January nights than Colwood
Expect July afternoons of about 20.6°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in almost every Canadian town. Temperatures cover 17°C across the year, low to high. Heating does most of its work from November to March, in months below 10°C on average.
Borrowed figures: Colwood has no normals station, so these come from Victoria Gonzales (City), 12 km east.
A year in Colwood at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Colwood’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Colwood feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 10 frosts and 54 warm days a year
Frosts fall from November to February; January has the most, about 3.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 675 mm a year
About 104 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 39 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 12 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Victoria Gonzales (City) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Victoria (Airport), 26 km away.
Heating a home in Colwood
82% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. A house here needs less heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Colwood’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →On some 3 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Colwood’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Victoria Gonzales (City)
ECCC builds the Victoria Gonzales (City) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 12 km east |
| Station altitude | 70 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Victoria (Airport), 26 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −8.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Average wind | 14.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Victoria (University), 15 km |
How Colwood 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 Colwood’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 11–25 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Colwood.
Colwood weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C | 3.8°C | 5.8°C | 111 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 8.6°C | 3.6°C | 6.1°C | 61 mm | 7 cm |
| March | 10.7°C | 4.6°C | 7.7°C | 62 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 13.5°C | 6.4°C | 10.0°C | 36 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 16.5°C | 8.7°C | 12.6°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 18.7°C | 10.5°C | 14.6°C | 19 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 20.6°C | 11.9°C | 16.3°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 20.7°C | 12.1°C | 16.4°C | 16 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.9°C | 11.0°C | 15.0°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.9°C | 8.2°C | 11.1°C | 85 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.9°C | 5.4°C | 7.7°C | 129 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 7.5°C | 3.6°C | 5.5°C | 87 mm | 12 cm |
| Year | 14.0°C | 7.5°C | 10.7°C | 675 mm | 39 cm |
The month with the widest range: June, 6.2°C to 34.6°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 1.5°C of its normal of 6.1°C; August keeps to within 0.6°C.
Where Colwood’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Victoria Gonzales (City), its nearest location with complete 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: 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 Colwood’s climate
How warm does Colwood get in summer?
Summer peaks in August: a typical afternoon reaches 20.7°C.
How cold does Colwood get in winter?
On a normal February night the air drops to 3.6°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Colwood get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 675 mm a year; November leads with 129 mm and July trails with 13 mm.
Are these figures for Colwood itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Victoria Gonzales (City); Colwood has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Colwood →
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).