Photo: FedexPope · CC BY 3.0January in Victoria bites harder than in 89% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.9°C. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 75% of Canadian towns. June is the wettest month here, with about 5.3 times the rain and snow of February. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals at Cypress River (11 km south-west).
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 Manitoba beside it.
What a year in Victoria feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 194 frosts and 111 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 46 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
517 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 78 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 137 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 34 cm. 9th snowiest of 188 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Victoria
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Victoria’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 124 days, roughly 19 May to 21 September.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A typical year is calm by definition; Victoria’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Cypress River
Cypress River is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 11 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 374 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Portage Southport, 60 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 Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Victoria’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Victoria with figures are 41–56 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Cypress River | 25.9°C | −20.1°C | 517 mm |
| North Norfolk 41 km · Portage Southport | 25.4°C 0.5°C cooler | −19.1°C 1.0°C milder | 493 mm |
| Pembina 54 km · Morden | 25.6°C about the same | −18.5°C 1.6°C milder | 528 mm |
| Cornwallis 56 km · Brandon | 24.9°C 1.0°C cooler | −21.9°C 1.8°C colder | 489 mm |
Victoria weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.1°C | −20.1°C | −15.1°C | 20 mm | 23 cm |
| February | −7.4°C | −18.1°C | −12.8°C | 17 mm | 18 cm |
| March | 0.1°C | −10.4°C | −5.1°C | 21 mm | 16 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −2.1°C | 4.2°C | 27 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 18.2°C | 4.6°C | 11.4°C | 70 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 23.2°C | 10.7°C | 17.0°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.9°C | 13.1°C | 19.5°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 11.7°C | 18.7°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.2°C | 7.0°C | 13.6°C | 45 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.8°C | −0.1°C | 5.4°C | 38 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 0.4°C | −8.6°C | −4.1°C | 25 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −7.4°C | −16.5°C | −12.0°C | 27 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | −2.4°C | 3.4°C | 517 mm | 137 cm |
March has run from −36.0°C to 24.0°C in thirty years
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 4.2°C around −12.8°C) and June least (1.3°C).
Where Victoria’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Cypress River from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.9°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Victoria get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −20.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Victoria get?
Measured as water, a year brings 517 mm: 91 mm in June, the wettest month, and 17 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Victoria itself?
Yes: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Cypress River, a location inside Victoria.
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).