Oak Bay has some of the mildest winter nights among Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 20.6°C. Seasons differ by 17°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in almost every Canadian town. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 19–21°C.
Borrowed figures: Oak Bay has no normals station, so these come from Victoria Gonzales (City), 2.5 km south-west.
A year in Oak Bay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Oak Bay’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Oak Bay feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 10 days, 20°C on 54
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
November is the wettest month and July the driest. On about 104 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
39 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 12 cm.
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 Oak Bay
82% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Oak Bay’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
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.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Oak Bay’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 | 2.5 km south-west |
| 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), 3.6 km |
How Oak Bay 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
Places around Oak Bay whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Oak Bay with figures are 6–26 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Bay Victoria Gonzales (City) | 20.6°C | 3.8°C | 675 mm |
| Saanich 6.3 km · Victoria (University) | 23.7°C 3.1°C warmer | 3.4°C about the same | 661 mm |
| Central Saanich 18 km · Victoria (Airport) | 22.7°C 2.1°C warmer | 1.6°C 2.2°C colder | 901 mm |
Oak Bay 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 |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 1.5°C; the steadiest month is August
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in June: a low of 6.2°C in 1999 and a high of 34.6°C in 1995.
Where Oak Bay’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: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Oak Bay’s climate
How warm does Oak Bay get in summer?
In August, the warmest month, the typical high is 20.7°C.
How cold does Oak Bay 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 Oak Bay get?
Precipitation totals 675 mm a year, with November the wettest month (129 mm) and July the driest (13 mm).
Are these figures for Oak Bay itself?
No: Oak Bay has no normals location, so the figures come from Victoria Gonzales (City), the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Oak 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).