Frost comes to The Beaches less often than to 89% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 27.0°C. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 86% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 34°C. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to April, when means dip under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Toronto (City) location, 8.2 km west.
A year in The Beaches at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about The Beaches’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in The Beaches feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
101 frost days and 124 days above 20°C a year
Frosts fall from November to April; January has the most, about 26. About 14 days a year top 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 823 mm a year
June is the wettest month and March the driest. About 104 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 146 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 40 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Toronto (City) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 22 km away.
Heating a home in The Beaches
94% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. By this count, homes here need less heating than 90% of Canadian towns.
Living with The Beaches’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Count on about 208 frost-free days: the last frost averages 11 April, the first 6 November.
For long days outdoors, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 59 days a year.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on The Beaches’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto (City)
Toronto (City) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 8.2 km west |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 22 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (Island), 9.5 km |
How The Beaches 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on The Beaches’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 21–26 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from The Beaches.
The Beaches 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 | −0.3°C | −6.7°C | −3.5°C | 65 mm | 40 cm |
| February | 0.6°C | −6.0°C | −2.7°C | 54 mm | 34 cm |
| March | 5.1°C | −1.8°C | 1.7°C | 53 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 11.7°C | 3.9°C | 7.8°C | 78 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 18.8°C | 10.0°C | 14.5°C | 76 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.2°C | 15.3°C | 19.8°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.0°C | 18.1°C | 22.5°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.1°C | 17.7°C | 21.9°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.0°C | 13.8°C | 17.9°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.6°C | 7.7°C | 11.2°C | 69 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 8.1°C | 2.3°C | 5.2°C | 71 mm | 12 cm |
| December | 2.6°C | −2.7°C | −0.1°C | 58 mm | 33 cm |
| Year | 13.4°C | 6.0°C | 9.7°C | 823 mm | 146 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 2.7°C; the steadiest, June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −23.1°C (2003) and 25.7°C (1998).
Where The Beaches’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Toronto (City): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 The Beaches’s climate
How warm does The Beaches get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 27.0°C.
How cold does The Beaches get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −6.7°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does The Beaches get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 823 mm a year; June leads with 82 mm and March trails with 53 mm.
Are these figures for The Beaches itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Toronto (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside The Beaches.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for The Beaches →
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).