Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Brantford gets less snow than 81% of Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −9.1°C. Temperatures cover 36°C across the year, low to high. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 73% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Brantford has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Hamilton, 26 km east, instead.
A year in Brantford at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Brantford’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Brantford feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 139 days, 20°C on 123
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 13 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
902 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 114 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 115 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 32 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Hamilton publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 78 km away.
Heating a home in Brantford
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. By this count, homes here need less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Brantford’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Between the last frost, near 1 May, and the first, near 12 October, lie about 164 frost-free days.
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 →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 20 days a year.
About 59 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Brantford’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Hamilton
Hamilton is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 26 km east |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 78 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −30.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.4°C |
| Average wind | 16.0 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Kitchener/Waterloo, 36 km |
How Brantford 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 Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Brantford’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 10 km from Brantford, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brantford Hamilton | 26.6°C | −9.1°C | 902 mm |
| Paris 9.6 km · Kitchener/Waterloo | 26.6°C about the same | −10.3°C 1.2°C colder | 851 mm |
Brantford 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 | −1.4°C | −9.1°C | −5.3°C | 73 mm | 32 cm |
| February | −0.9°C | −9.2°C | −5.0°C | 53 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −4.4°C | 0.2°C | 69 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 11.8°C | 1.3°C | 6.5°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 18.9°C | 7.3°C | 13.1°C | 81 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.2°C | 12.8°C | 18.5°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 15.2°C | 20.9°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.6°C | 14.5°C | 20.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.7°C | 10.5°C | 16.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.5°C | 4.8°C | 9.7°C | 84 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.7°C | −0.2°C | 3.8°C | 78 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 1.5°C | −5.4°C | −1.9°C | 67 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 12.9°C | 3.2°C | 8.1°C | 902 mm | 115 cm |
March: −24.6°C at its coldest, 26.8°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 3.0°C around its normal of −5.3°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Brantford’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Hamilton, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Brantford’s climate
How warm does Brantford get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 26.6°C.
How cold does Brantford get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Brantford get?
The yearly total is about 902 mm. July gets 98 mm, the most of any month; February gets 53 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 82 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Brantford itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Hamilton; Brantford has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Brantford →
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).