Photo: Kyle Wilson · CC BY-SA 4.0Sooke sits near the top of Canadian towns for mild winters
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 20.6°C on average. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in almost every Canadian town. The wettest month is November; the driest is July. Plan for rain or snow on about 104 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Borrowed figures: Sooke has no normals station, so these come from Victoria Gonzales (City), 29 km east.
A year in Sooke at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sooke’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Sooke feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
10 frost days and 54 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from November to February, most of all in January (about 3 nights).
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
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
39 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 12 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Victoria Gonzales (City) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Victoria (Airport), 37 km away.
Heating a home in Sooke
82% 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. By this count, homes here need less heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sooke’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 3 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Sooke’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Victoria Gonzales (City)
Victoria Gonzales (City) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 29 km east |
| Station altitude | 70 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Victoria (Airport), 37 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), 33 km |
How Sooke 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 Sooke’s own would show the same figures). Sooke has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 23–31 km out.
Sooke 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 |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 1.5°C; August the least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. June spans the most, from 6.2°C (1999) to 34.6°C (1995).
Where Sooke’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Victoria Gonzales (City), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sooke’s climate
How warm does Sooke get in summer?
At its warmest, in August, the normal high is 20.7°C.
How cold does Sooke get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging 3.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Sooke get?
About 675 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. November is the wettest month (129 mm) and July the driest (13 mm).
Are these figures for Sooke itself?
No, they come from Victoria Gonzales (City); ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Sooke itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sooke →
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).