Photo: Xynorath · CC BY-SA 3.0July in Brampton runs hotter than in 95% of Canadian towns
January nights here settle around −8.9°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in February. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 82% of Canadian towns. Expect about 131 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Borrowed figures: Brampton has no normals station, so these come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 11 km east.
A year in Brampton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Brampton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Brampton feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 131 days, 20°C on 125
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 17 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 807 mm of rain and snow a year
About 106 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
115 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Brampton
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Brampton’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 27 April until frost returns near 20 October: about 174 days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 21 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Roughly 56 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Brampton’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Pearson (Airport)
Toronto Pearson (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 11 km east |
| Station altitude | 173 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.9°C |
| Average wind | 15.7 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (City), 30 km |
How Brampton compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Brampton’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 23–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Brampton.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C | −8.9°C | 807 mm |
| Vaughan 23 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C 1.2°C colder | 862 mm |
| Milton 25 km · Burlington Piers | 25.5°C 1.9°C cooler | −6.3°C 2.6°C milder | 807 mm |
| Erin 26 km · Elora | 25.4°C 2.0°C cooler | −10.7°C 1.8°C colder | 807 mm |
Brampton 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 | −1.2°C | −8.9°C | −5.0°C | 62 mm | 32 cm |
| February | −0.3°C | −8.5°C | −4.4°C | 50 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 5.0°C | −3.8°C | 0.6°C | 51 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 12.0°C | 1.9°C | 7.0°C | 77 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.2°C | 8.2°C | 13.7°C | 78 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.5°C | 13.9°C | 19.2°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.4°C | 16.6°C | 22.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.3°C | 15.8°C | 21.1°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.3°C | 11.6°C | 16.9°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.6°C | 5.3°C | 10.0°C | 67 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.9°C | 0.2°C | 4.1°C | 72 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 1.9°C | −5.0°C | −1.6°C | 59 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 13.3°C | 3.9°C | 8.6°C | 807 mm | 115 cm |
A March here can run from −24.7°C to 26.0°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.0°C around −5.0°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.3°C).
Where Brampton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Toronto Pearson (Airport), its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Brampton’s climate
How warm does Brampton get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 27.4°C.
How cold does Brampton get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −8.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Brampton get?
Count on roughly 807 mm a year, heaviest in June (81 mm) and lightest in February (50 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 69 days a year.
Are these figures for Brampton itself?
No, the station behind them is Toronto Pearson (Airport), beyond Brampton’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Brampton →
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).