Kitsilano sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for frosts
Expect July afternoons of about 23.0°C. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 97% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is November; the driest is July. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to March, when means dip under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) location, 4.4 km north-east.
A year in Kitsilano at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kitsilano’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Kitsilano feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
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
About 142 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
37 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from November to March, most of all in December (about 14 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 8.8 km away.
Heating a home in Kitsilano
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Kitsilano’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
For long days outdoors, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Kitsilano’s hazards page looks at those.
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 | 4.4 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 8.8 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 8.8 km |
How Kitsilano compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Kitsilano’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Kitsilano with figures are 6–21 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitsilano Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Musqueam 2 5.7 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
| New Westminster 18 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
Kitsilano weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
A June here can run from −2.8°C to 30.6°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 1.5°C of the normal, 5.3°C. July is the steadiest, within 0.8°C.
Where Kitsilano’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Vancouver (Harbour), 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: 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, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Kitsilano’s climate
How warm does Kitsilano get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 23.0°C.
How cold does Kitsilano get in winter?
A typical December night falls to 3.2°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Kitsilano get?
Count on roughly 1,537 mm a year, heaviest in November (245 mm) and lightest in July (44 mm).
Are these figures for Kitsilano itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Kitsilano.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kitsilano →
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).