Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0Hardly any Canadian towns collect more precipitation than Port Moody: 1,649 mm a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.0°C on average. Its January nights stay gentler than in 95% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is January; the driest is August. Frost comes on about 60 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are not Port Moody’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Pitt Meadows, 15 km south-east.
A year in Port Moody at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Port Moody’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Port Moody feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 60 frosts and 107 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, peaking in December at about 15 nights. About 11 days a year top 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,649 mm of rain and snow a year
10th wettest of 255 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. On about 148 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 37 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 14 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Vancouver International (Airport), 27 km away (Pitt Meadows records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Port Moody
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. By this count, homes here need less heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Port Moody’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 11 April and returns near 30 October, about 201 days apart.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Summer brings about 26 days when the humidex passes 30.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Port Moody’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pitt Meadows
Pitt Meadows is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 15 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 5 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 27 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −16.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.6°C |
| Average wind | 4.8 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver (Harbour), 20 km |
How Port Moody 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 Port Moody whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Moody Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C | 0.5°C | 1,649 mm |
| Anmore 2.9 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C about the same | 0.5°C about the same | 1,649 mm |
| Burnaby Mountain 4.9 km · Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C 2.0°C cooler | 3.3°C 2.8°C milder | 1,537 mm |
Port Moody 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 | 0.5°C | 3.6°C | 252 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 8.8°C | 0.4°C | 4.6°C | 134 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 11.3°C | 2.3°C | 6.8°C | 173 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 14.9°C | 4.5°C | 9.7°C | 105 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 19.0°C | 7.9°C | 13.5°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 21.3°C | 10.8°C | 16.1°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 12.6°C | 18.8°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 12.4°C | 18.8°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.5°C | 9.8°C | 15.7°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15.0°C | 5.9°C | 10.5°C | 180 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.6°C | 2.4°C | 6.0°C | 249 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 6.1°C | 0.1°C | 3.1°C | 214 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 15.4°C | 5.8°C | 10.6°C | 1,649 mm | 37 cm |
September has run from 0.9°C to 34.4°C in thirty years
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 1.7°C around 4.6°C) and October least (1.0°C).
Where Port Moody’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Pitt Meadows, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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, 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 Port Moody’s climate
How warm does Port Moody get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in August, at about 25.1°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Port Moody get in winter?
A typical December night falls to 0.1°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Port Moody get?
Around 1,649 mm a year in all, from 252 mm in January down to 36 mm in August.
Are these figures for Port Moody itself?
No, they come from Pitt Meadows; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Port Moody itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Port Moody →
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).