Few Canadian towns get fewer frosts than Killarney
Expect July afternoons of about 23.0°C. Winter and summer sit 20°C apart. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 97% of Canadian towns. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from May to September, with highs of 18–23°C.
Read at Vancouver (Harbour), 11 km north-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Killarney at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Killarney’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Killarney feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
17 frost days and 87 days above 20°C a year
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 brings the most rain and snow; July, the least. About 142 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
37 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 14 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 11 km away.
Heating a home in Killarney
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. By this count, homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Killarney’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Killarney’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vancouver (Harbour), one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 11 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 11 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 11 km |
How Killarney 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Killarney’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killarney Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Collingwood 2.0 km · Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,537 mm |
| Victoria-Fraserview 2.1 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
Killarney weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| 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 |
June has run from −2.8°C to 30.6°C in thirty years
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 1.5°C around 5.3°C) and July least (0.8°C).
Where Killarney’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: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Killarney’s climate
How warm does Killarney get in summer?
Expect highs near 23.0°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Killarney get in winter?
Midwinter means December, when a typical night reaches 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Killarney get?
The year adds up to 1,537 mm. November is the peak month (245 mm) and July the low one (44 mm).
Are these figures for Killarney itself?
Nearly: Vancouver (Harbour), the location behind them, sits just beyond Killarney’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Killarney →
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).