Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Frosty mornings in Burlington are scarcer than in 92% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.5°C. Seasons differ by 32°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 21–26°C.
Measured at Burlington Piers, 6.9 km south: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Burlington at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Burlington’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Burlington feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
98 frost days a year
The frost season runs November to April, peaking in January at about 25 nights.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Rain and melted snow: about 902 mm a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 114 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Burlington Piers normals leave precipitation out; the figures here come from Hamilton, 24 km away.
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
ECCC’s Burlington Piers normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 38 km away.
Living with Burlington’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 10 days a year.
On some 46 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Burlington’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Burlington Piers
Burlington Piers is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 6.9 km south |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Hamilton, 24 km |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 38 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Average wind | 13.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Hamilton, 24 km |
How Burlington 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
Places around Burlington whose figures come from another normals location. Burlington has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 27–36 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Burlington Piers | 25.5°C | −6.3°C | 902 mm |
| Grimsby 27 km · Vineland | 27.1°C 1.6°C warmer | −6.8°C 0.5°C colder | 838 mm |
| Mississauga 28 km · Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C 1.9°C warmer | −8.9°C 2.6°C colder | 807 mm |
| Puslinch 31 km · Kitchener/Waterloo | 26.6°C 1.1°C warmer | −10.3°C 4.0°C colder | 851 mm |
Burlington 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 | 0.1°C | −6.3°C | −3.1°C | 73 mm | 32 cm |
| February | 0.7°C | −5.9°C | −2.6°C | 53 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −1.9°C | 1.4°C | 69 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 10.3°C | 3.3°C | 6.9°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 16.7°C | 9.0°C | 12.9°C | 81 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 15.1°C | 18.8°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 18.3°C | 21.9°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.9°C | 18.3°C | 21.6°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.4°C | 14.6°C | 18.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.8°C | 8.3°C | 11.6°C | 84 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.4°C | 2.7°C | 5.6°C | 78 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 2.9°C | −2.5°C | 0.2°C | 67 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 12.7°C | 6.1°C | 9.4°C | 902 mm | 115 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 2.7°C, more than any month, and August least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −21.2°C in 2003 to 24.4°C in 1998.
Where Burlington’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Burlington Piers, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Burlington’s climate
How warm does Burlington get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.5°C.
How cold does Burlington get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −6.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Burlington get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 902 mm a year; July leads with 98 mm and February trails with 53 mm.
Are these figures for Burlington itself?
Yes, measured at Burlington Piers, which sits inside Burlington’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Burlington →
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).