Photo: Kitchener-Waterloo Record · Public domainFor weather, Cambridge is about as ordinary as Canadian towns get
A typical year brings 851 mm of rain and melted snow, with July afternoons around 26.6°C and January nights around −10.3°C. Precipitation peaks in July and eases off in February. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season runs from June to September, with highs of 22–27°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Cambridge is Kitchener/Waterloo, 10 km north-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Cambridge at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cambridge’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Cambridge feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 156 days, 20°C on 122
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 7 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 851 mm of rain and snow a year
About 115 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 115 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 32 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Kitchener/Waterloo normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 64 km away.
Heating a home in Cambridge
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 69% of Canadian towns.
Living with Cambridge’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 8 May and the first autumn frost around 5 October: about 149 frost-free days between.
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 →Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Cambridge’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kitchener/Waterloo
Kitchener/Waterloo is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 10 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 322 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 64 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 13.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Elora, 31 km |
How Cambridge 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 Cambridge whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 23–26 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Cambridge.
Cambridge 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 | −2.3°C | −10.3°C | −6.3°C | 66 mm | 32 cm |
| February | −1.4°C | −10.3°C | −5.9°C | 46 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 4.1°C | −5.6°C | −0.8°C | 57 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | 0.1°C | 5.9°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.0°C | 6.2°C | 12.6°C | 80 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.1°C | 11.5°C | 17.8°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 13.7°C | 20.2°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.5°C | 12.7°C | 19.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 8.7°C | 15.2°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.1°C | 3.4°C | 8.8°C | 71 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 6.8°C | −1.6°C | 2.6°C | 75 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 0.7°C | −6.3°C | −2.8°C | 55 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 12.5°C | 1.9°C | 7.2°C | 851 mm | 115 cm |
March: −29.4°C at its coldest, 26.5°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 3.1°C around its normal of −5.9°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Cambridge’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Kitchener/Waterloo, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Cambridge’s climate
How warm does Cambridge get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 26.6°C.
How cold does Cambridge get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −10.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Cambridge get?
Around 851 mm a year in all, from 96 mm in July down to 46 mm in February.
Are these figures for Cambridge itself?
No, the station behind them is Kitchener/Waterloo, beyond Cambridge’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cambridge →
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).