Photo: Michal Klajban · CC BY-SA 4.0Victoria has some of the mildest winter nights among Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 20.6°C. Some 17°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in almost every Canadian town. Plan for rain or snow on about 104 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Victoria Gonzales (City) station, 2.8 km south-east.
A year in Victoria at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Victoria’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Victoria feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 10 frosts and 54 warm days a year
Frosts fall from November to February; January has the most, about 3.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
675 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in November, the least in July.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 39 cm in a normal year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 12 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Victoria (Airport), 25 km away (Victoria Gonzales (City) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Victoria
82% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Victoria’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Summer brings about 3 days when the humidex passes 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Victoria’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Victoria Gonzales (City)
Victoria Gonzales (City) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 2.8 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 70 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Victoria (Airport), 25 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −8.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Average wind | 14.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Victoria (University), 5.4 km |
How Victoria 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 Victoria’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 5–25 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Victoria.
Victoria weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C | 3.8°C | 5.8°C | 111 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 8.6°C | 3.6°C | 6.1°C | 61 mm | 7 cm |
| March | 10.7°C | 4.6°C | 7.7°C | 62 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 13.5°C | 6.4°C | 10.0°C | 36 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 16.5°C | 8.7°C | 12.6°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 18.7°C | 10.5°C | 14.6°C | 19 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 20.6°C | 11.9°C | 16.3°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 20.7°C | 12.1°C | 16.4°C | 16 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.9°C | 11.0°C | 15.0°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.9°C | 8.2°C | 11.1°C | 85 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.9°C | 5.4°C | 7.7°C | 129 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 7.5°C | 3.6°C | 5.5°C | 87 mm | 12 cm |
| Year | 14.0°C | 7.5°C | 10.7°C | 675 mm | 39 cm |
June: 6.2°C at its coldest, 34.6°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 1.5°C from 6.1°C. August moves least, typically by 0.6°C.
Where Victoria’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Victoria Gonzales (City) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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, 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 Victoria’s climate
How warm does Victoria get in summer?
Highs reach 20.7°C on an average August day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Victoria get in winter?
Of all twelve months, February has the coldest nights, about 3.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Victoria get?
The year adds up to 675 mm. November is the peak month (129 mm) and July the low one (13 mm).
Are these figures for Victoria itself?
They are the normals for Victoria Gonzales (City), measured just outside Victoria itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Victoria →
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).