Lions Bay is among the least frosty of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 23.0°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 97% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is November; the driest is July. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to March, when means dip under 10°C.
Lions Bay has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Vancouver (Harbour), 20 km south-east.
A year in Lions Bay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lions Bay’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Lions Bay 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
Some 142 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 37 cm in a normal year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Vancouver (Harbour) publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Vancouver International (Airport), 31 km away.
Heating a home in Lions Bay
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. That means homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Lions Bay’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
For long days outdoors, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Lions Bay’s hazards page.
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 | 20 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 31 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 31 km |
How Lions Bay 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 Lions Bay whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 22–32 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Lions Bay.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lions Bay Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver 22 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
| Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet 30 km · Squamish | 24.5°C 1.5°C warmer | −0.9°C 4.2°C colder | 2,344 mm |
| Anmore 32 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
Lions Bay 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 | 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 January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 1.5°C; the steadiest month is July
June has the widest record range, −2.8°C in 2007 to 30.6°C in 2015; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Lions Bay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Vancouver (Harbour) (the closest location with all twelve months 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: 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lions Bay’s climate
How warm does Lions Bay get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 23.0°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Lions Bay get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in December, with lows near 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Lions Bay get?
About 1,537 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. November is the wettest month (245 mm) and July the driest (44 mm).
Are these figures for Lions Bay itself?
No: Lions Bay has no normals location, so the figures come from Vancouver (Harbour), the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lions Bay →
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).