Photo: MSTakesPictures · CC BY-SA 4.0Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver is among the least frosty of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 22.4°C. Temperatures cover 21°C across the year, low to high. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 96% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 137 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver is Vancouver International (Airport), 8.9 km south-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 40 frosts and 79 warm days a year
Frosts fall from November to March; January has the most, about 10.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,160 mm a year
The most falls in November, the least in July.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 37 cm of snow a year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. A house here needs less heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Between the last frost, near 19 March, and the first, near 10 November, lie about 235 frost-free days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 6 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver International (Airport)
Vancouver International (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 8.9 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 4 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −15.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Average wind | 13.0 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver (Harbour), 9.4 km |
How Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver 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 Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C | 1.4°C | 1,160 mm |
| West Point Grey 2.5 km · Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C 0.6°C warmer | 3.3°C 1.9°C milder | 1,537 mm |
| Dunbar-Southlands 4.2 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 1,160 mm |
Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C | 1.4°C | 4.1°C | 174 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 7.9°C | 1.5°C | 4.7°C | 91 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 10.1°C | 3.3°C | 6.7°C | 106 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 13.1°C | 5.7°C | 9.4°C | 86 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 9.0°C | 13.0°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 19.6°C | 11.9°C | 15.8°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.4°C | 13.9°C | 18.2°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.4°C | 14.0°C | 18.2°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 11.2°C | 15.2°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.5°C | 7.0°C | 10.3°C | 124 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.3°C | 3.6°C | 6.4°C | 175 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 6.6°C | 1.2°C | 3.9°C | 172 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 14.0°C | 7.0°C | 10.5°C | 1,160 mm | 37 cm |
From −15.2°C to 14.3°C: December’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 1.7°C around its normal of 4.1°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 0.7°C.
Where Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Vancouver International (Airport) (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 22.4°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver get in winter?
Of all twelve months, December has the coldest nights, about 1.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver get?
November is the wettest month at 175 mm and July the driest at 34 mm, for 1,160 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Expect snow on the ground, at least 1 cm, for about 8 days a year.
Are these figures for Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver itself?
They come from Vancouver International (Airport), which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver →
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