Guildford is among the wettest of Canadian towns: 1,649 mm of rain and snow a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.0°C. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 95% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in January and least in August. Windshields need scraping on about 60 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Guildford is Pitt Meadows, 8.1 km east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Guildford at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Guildford’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Guildford feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 60 frosts and 107 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, peaking in December at about 15 nights. Some 11 days a year climb past 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. About 148 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
37 cm of snow in a typical year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Pitt Meadows normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 28 km away.
Heating a home in Guildford
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Guildford’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
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 →About 26 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Guildford’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pitt Meadows
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Pitt Meadows.
| Distance from the town | 8.1 km east |
| Station altitude | 5 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 28 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), 26 km |
How Guildford 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 Guildford’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 14–24 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Guildford.
Guildford weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the 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 |
February varies most from one year to the next (1.7°C), October least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. September spans the most, from 0.9°C (2000) to 34.4°C (2017).
Where Guildford’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: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Guildford’s climate
How warm does Guildford get in summer?
On a normal day in August the thermometer climbs to 25.1°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Guildford get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in December, with lows near 0.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Guildford get?
Around 1,649 mm a year in all, from 252 mm in January down to 36 mm in August.
Are these figures for Guildford itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Pitt Meadows; Guildford has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Guildford →
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).