Hardly any Canadian towns wake to less frost than Little Saigon
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.0°C. Winter and summer sit 20°C apart. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 97% of Canadian towns. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from May to September, with highs of 18–23°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vancouver (Harbour) (6.0 km north-west).
A year in Little Saigon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Little Saigon’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Little Saigon feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 17 frosts and 87 warm days a year
Frost comes from November to March, most of all in January (about 6 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 1,537 mm a year
The most falls in November, the least in July. About 142 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 37 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Vancouver International (Airport), 9.9 km away (Vancouver (Harbour) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Little Saigon
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Little Saigon’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 →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Little Saigon: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Vancouver (Harbour).
| Distance from the town | 6.0 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 9.9 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 9.9 km |
How Little Saigon 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 Little Saigon’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Little Saigon with figures are 9–17 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Saigon Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Musqueam 2 9.3 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
| New Westminster 13 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
Little Saigon 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 |
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 Little Saigon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Vancouver (Harbour): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- 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: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Little Saigon’s climate
How warm does Little Saigon get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 23.0°C.
How cold does Little Saigon get in winter?
Expect nights around 3.2°C in December; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Little Saigon get?
Count on roughly 1,537 mm a year, heaviest in November (245 mm) and lightest in July (44 mm).
Are these figures for Little Saigon itself?
They are the normals for Vancouver (Harbour), measured just outside Little Saigon itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Little Saigon →
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).