Photo: Jd.101 · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly any Canadian towns see hotter July days than Kelowna
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −5.9°C. Its January nights stay gentler than in 92% of Canadian towns. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and March the least. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals at Kelowna (10 km north-east).
A year in Kelowna at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kelowna’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Kelowna feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 151 frosts and 126 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 28 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
447 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 97 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Kelowna publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Vernon, 44 km away.
Snowfall: about 93 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 31 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Kelowna
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kelowna’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun.
Parks & trails →On some 7 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
About 35 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Kelowna’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kelowna
Kelowna is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 10 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 433 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Vernon, 44 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −30.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.5°C |
| Average wind | 6.4 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Vernon, 44 km |
How Kelowna 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Kelowna’s own would show the same figures). Kelowna has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 28–42 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelowna | 28.5°C | −5.9°C | 447 mm |
| Central Okanagan West 28 km · Vernon | 28.4°C about the same | −6.4°C 0.5°C colder | 447 mm |
| Naramata 33 km · Penticton | 29.2°C 0.7°C warmer | −3.2°C 2.7°C milder | 344 mm |
Kelowna weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C | −5.9°C | −2.6°C | 37 mm | 28 cm |
| February | 3.5°C | −5.4°C | −1.0°C | 25 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 9.8°C | −2.2°C | 3.8°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 15.4°C | 0.9°C | 8.2°C | 26 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 20.6°C | 5.3°C | 13.0°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.0°C | 9.1°C | 16.6°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.5°C | 11.4°C | 20.0°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28.2°C | 10.5°C | 19.3°C | 30 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.2°C | 6.3°C | 14.3°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 1.4°C | 7.3°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 5.8°C | −2.4°C | 1.8°C | 49 mm | 18 cm |
| December | 1.1°C | −5.6°C | −2.3°C | 44 mm | 31 cm |
| Year | 14.4°C | 1.9°C | 8.2°C | 447 mm | 93 cm |
January: −30.1°C at its coldest, 13.6°C at its warmest
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 2.8°C around −1.0°C) and August least (1.0°C).
Where Kelowna’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Kelowna, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 Kelowna’s climate
How warm does Kelowna get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 28.5°C.
How cold does Kelowna get in winter?
Overnight lows average −5.9°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Kelowna get?
Rain and snow add up to about 447 mm of water a year; June brings the most (55 mm), March the least (25 mm).
Are these figures for Kelowna itself?
They are: the normals station that gives them stands in Kelowna.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kelowna →
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).