Summers, winters, rain and snow in Victoria Hills all run close to those of most Canadian towns
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. Winter and summer sit 37°C apart. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 70% of Canadian towns. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 22–27°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Kitchener/Waterloo location, 12 km east.
A year in Victoria Hills at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Victoria Hills’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Victoria Hills feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 156 days, 20°C on 122
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 7 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 851 mm a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 115 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
115 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 32 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Kitchener/Waterloo publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 77 km away.
Heating a home in Victoria Hills
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. By this count, homes here need less heating than 69% of Canadian towns.
Living with Victoria Hills’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 149 days, roughly 8 May to 5 October.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Victoria Hills’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 | 12 km east |
| Station altitude | 322 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 77 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, 25 km |
How Victoria Hills compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Victoria Hills whose figures come from another normals location. The one place listed is 12 km from Victoria Hills, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Hills Kitchener/Waterloo | 26.6°C | −10.3°C | 851 mm |
| Elmira 12 km · Elora | 25.4°C 1.2°C cooler | −10.7°C about the same | 851 mm |
Victoria Hills 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 | −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 |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 3.1°C of normal, against the steadier June
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −29.4°C (2003) to 26.5°C (2012).
Where Victoria Hills’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Kitchener/Waterloo, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Victoria Hills’s climate
How warm does Victoria Hills get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.6°C.
How cold does Victoria Hills get in winter?
Overnight lows average −10.3°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Victoria Hills get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 851 mm a year; July leads with 96 mm and February trails with 46 mm.
Are these figures for Victoria Hills itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Kitchener/Waterloo, just outside Victoria Hills’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Victoria Hills →
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).