Few Canadian towns get fewer frosts than Marpole
Midsummer highs settle at about 22.4°C. The year is lopsided: November gets about 5.1 times what July does. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 96% of Canadian towns. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 19–22°C.
Read at Vancouver International (Airport), 4.5 km south-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Marpole at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Marpole’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Marpole feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 40 frosts and 79 warm days a year
Frost comes from November to March, most of all in January (about 10 nights).
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,160 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 137 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone 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
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Marpole
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. That means homes here need less heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Marpole’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
About 235 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 19 March to a first of 10 November.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Expect around 6 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Marpole: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver International (Airport)
Vancouver International (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 4.5 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 4 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −15.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Average wind | 13.0 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver (Harbour), 9.8 km |
How Marpole 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 Marpole’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marpole Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C | 1.4°C | 1,160 mm |
| Oakridge 1.8 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 1,160 mm |
| Shaughnessy 3.7 km · Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C 0.6°C warmer | 3.3°C 1.9°C milder | 1,537 mm |
Marpole weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C | 1.4°C | 4.1°C | 174 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 7.9°C | 1.5°C | 4.7°C | 91 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 10.1°C | 3.3°C | 6.7°C | 106 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 13.1°C | 5.7°C | 9.4°C | 86 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 9.0°C | 13.0°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 19.6°C | 11.9°C | 15.8°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.4°C | 13.9°C | 18.2°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.4°C | 14.0°C | 18.2°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 11.2°C | 15.2°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.5°C | 7.0°C | 10.3°C | 124 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.3°C | 3.6°C | 6.4°C | 175 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 6.6°C | 1.2°C | 3.9°C | 172 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 14.0°C | 7.0°C | 10.5°C | 1,160 mm | 37 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 1.7°C; August the least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; December’s run from −15.2°C in 2008 to 14.3°C in 2005.
Where Marpole’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Vancouver International (Airport), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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 (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 Marpole’s climate
How warm does Marpole get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 22.4°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Marpole get in winter?
Deep winter means December, when nights average 1.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Marpole get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,160 mm of water a year; November brings the most (175 mm), July the least (34 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 8 days a year.
Are these figures for Marpole itself?
They are the normals for Vancouver International (Airport), measured just outside Marpole itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Marpole →
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).