South Cambie sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for frosts
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.0°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 97% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 20°C. Homes need heating from November to March, the months averaging under 10°C.
Read at Vancouver (Harbour), 5.7 km north: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in South Cambie at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about South Cambie’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in South Cambie feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
17 frost days and 87 days above 20°C a year
Frosts fall from November to March; January has the most, about 6.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,537 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 142 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow 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), 7.9 km away.
Heating a home in South Cambie
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. Homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with South Cambie’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
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 →A typical year is calm by definition; South Cambie’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
Vancouver (Harbour) is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 5.7 km north |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 7.9 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 7.9 km |
How South Cambie compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around South Cambie whose figures come from another normals location. South Cambie has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 7–18 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Cambie Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Musqueam 2 6.6 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
| New Westminster 15 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
South Cambie weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the 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 |
January varies most from one year to the next (1.5°C), July least
Over 1991–2020, June saw both −2.8°C (2007) and 30.6°C (2015), the widest span of any month.
Where South Cambie’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: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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, 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 South Cambie’s climate
How warm does South Cambie get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 23.0°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does South Cambie get in winter?
In December, the coldest month, the typical low is 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does South Cambie get?
Precipitation totals 1,537 mm a year, with November the wettest month (245 mm) and July the driest (44 mm).
Are these figures for South Cambie itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside South Cambie.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for South Cambie →
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).