Mount Pleasant is among the least frosty of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 23.0°C on average. Rain or snow is most frequent in November and least in July. 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.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) location, 4.3 km north.
A year in Mount Pleasant at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Mount Pleasant’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Mount Pleasant feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,537 mm a year
On about 142 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 37 cm in a normal year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Vancouver (Harbour) publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Vancouver International (Airport), 10 km away.
Heating a home in Mount Pleasant
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Mount Pleasant’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Mount Pleasant’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 | 4.3 km north |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 10 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 10 km |
How Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant’s would only repeat its figures. Mount Pleasant has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–19 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Musqueam 2 8.6 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
| New Westminster 14 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
Mount Pleasant 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 |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 1.5°C; the steadiest month is July
June has the widest record range, −2.8°C in 2007 to 30.6°C in 2015; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Mount Pleasant’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Vancouver (Harbour) (the closest location with all twelve months of 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Mount Pleasant’s climate
How warm does Mount Pleasant get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 23.0°C.
How cold does Mount Pleasant get in winter?
Midwinter means December, when a typical night reaches 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Mount Pleasant get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,537 mm: 245 mm in November, the wettest month, and 44 mm in July, the driest.
Are these figures for Mount Pleasant itself?
Nearly: Vancouver (Harbour), the location behind them, sits just beyond Mount Pleasant’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Mount Pleasant →
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).