Photo: John Newcomb · CC BY 3.0Hardly any Canadian towns see softer January nights than View Royal
July afternoons average 20.6°C. Precipitation peaks in November and eases off in July. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in almost every Canadian town. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 104 days a year with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to View Royal is Victoria Gonzales (City), 10 km south-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in View Royal at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about View Royal’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in View Royal 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
About 675 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
39 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 12 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Victoria Gonzales (City) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Victoria (Airport), 21 km away.
Heating a home in View Royal
82% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with View Royal’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Summer brings about 3 days when the humidex passes 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; View Royal’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Victoria Gonzales (City)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Victoria Gonzales (City) are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 10 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 70 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Victoria (Airport), 21 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), 11 km |
How View Royal 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share View Royal’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 6–22 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from View Royal.
View Royal 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 | 7.8°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 has run from 6.2°C to 34.6°C in thirty years
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 View Royal’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Victoria Gonzales (City) (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 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, 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 View Royal’s climate
How warm does View Royal get in summer?
Afternoons average 20.7°C in August, the warmest time of year.
How cold does View Royal get in winter?
Of all twelve months, February has the coldest nights, about 3.6°C.
How much rain and snow does View Royal get?
Measured as water, a year brings 675 mm: 129 mm in November, the wettest month, and 13 mm in July, the driest.
Are these figures for View Royal itself?
Not exactly. View Royal lacks a normals station, so Victoria Gonzales (City) supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for View Royal →
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).