Few Canadian towns get fewer frosts than Greektown
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.0°C. Seasons differ by 20°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 97% of Canadian towns. The furnace earns its keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vancouver (Harbour) (5.6 km north-east).
A year in Greektown at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Greektown’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Greektown feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 17 days, 20°C on 87
The frost season runs November to March, peaking in January at about 6 nights.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,537 mm of precipitation in a typical year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. On about 142 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 37 cm of snow a year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Vancouver International (Airport), 8.3 km away (Vancouver (Harbour) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Greektown
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. In heating terms, homes need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Greektown’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Greektown’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
Vancouver (Harbour) is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 5.6 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 8.3 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 8.3 km |
How Greektown 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 Greektown’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greektown Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Kitsilano 1.7 km · Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,537 mm |
| Dunbar-Southlands 2.4 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
Greektown 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 | 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
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in June: a low of −2.8°C in 2007 and a high of 30.6°C in 2015.
Where Greektown’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Vancouver (Harbour), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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, 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 Greektown’s climate
How warm does Greektown get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 23.0°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Greektown get in winter?
In December, the coldest month, the typical low is 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Greektown get?
About 1,537 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. November is the wettest month (245 mm) and July the driest (44 mm).
Are these figures for Greektown itself?
They are the normals for Vancouver (Harbour), measured just outside Greektown itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Greektown →
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).