Photo: Xicotencatl · CC BY-SA 4.0Hardly any Canadian towns wake to less frost than North Vancouver
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.0°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 97% of Canadian towns. Expect the most rain and snow in November and the least in July. The heating season runs November to March: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: North Vancouver has no normals station, so these come from Vancouver (Harbour), 6.5 km south-west.
A year in North Vancouver at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about North Vancouver’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in North Vancouver feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 17 frosts and 87 warm days a year
Frost comes from November to March, most of all in January (about 6 nights).
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,537 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 142 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
37 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 14 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 19 km away.
Heating a home in North Vancouver
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. That means homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with North Vancouver’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see North Vancouver’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Vancouver (Harbour).
| Distance from the town | 6.5 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 19 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 19 km |
How North Vancouver compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on North Vancouver’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to North Vancouver with figures are 14–17 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Vancouver Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Anmore 14 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver 16 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
North Vancouver weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 1.5°C; July the least
Over 1991–2020, June saw both −2.8°C (2007) and 30.6°C (2015), the widest span of any month.
Where North Vancouver’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Vancouver (Harbour): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest 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 North Vancouver’s climate
How warm does North Vancouver get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 23.0°C.
How cold does North Vancouver get in winter?
Overnight lows average 3.2°C in December, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does North Vancouver get?
Count on roughly 1,537 mm a year, heaviest in November (245 mm) and lightest in July (44 mm).
Are these figures for North Vancouver itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Vancouver (Harbour), outside North Vancouver.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for North Vancouver →
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).