Vaughan Metropolitan Centre has warmer summer afternoons than 95% of Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −8.9°C. Frosty nights are scarcer than in 82% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 36°C apart. Expect about 131 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 14 km south-west.
A year in Vaughan Metropolitan Centre at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Vaughan Metropolitan Centre’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Vaughan Metropolitan Centre feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
131 frost days and 125 days above 20°C a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 17 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 807 mm of rain and snow a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 106 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 115 cm in a normal year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Homes here need less heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Vaughan Metropolitan Centre’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 27 April until frost returns near 20 October: about 174 days.
Plan time outside for May, Jun, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 21 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
The humidex tops 30 on about 56 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Vaughan Metropolitan Centre’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Pearson (Airport)
Toronto Pearson (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 14 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 173 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.9°C |
| Average wind | 15.7 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 17 km |
How Vaughan Metropolitan Centre compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Vaughan Metropolitan Centre’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C | −8.9°C | 807 mm |
| Woodbridge 2.7 km · Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C about the same | −8.9°C about the same | 807 mm |
| Edgeley 3.1 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C 1.2°C colder | 862 mm |
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre 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 | −1.2°C | −8.9°C | −5.0°C | 62 mm | 32 cm |
| February | −0.3°C | −8.5°C | −4.4°C | 50 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 5.0°C | −3.8°C | 0.6°C | 51 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 12.0°C | 1.9°C | 7.0°C | 77 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.2°C | 8.2°C | 13.7°C | 78 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.5°C | 13.9°C | 19.2°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.4°C | 16.6°C | 22.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.3°C | 15.8°C | 21.1°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.3°C | 11.6°C | 16.9°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.6°C | 5.3°C | 10.0°C | 67 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.9°C | 0.2°C | 4.1°C | 72 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 1.9°C | −5.0°C | −1.6°C | 59 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 13.3°C | 3.9°C | 8.6°C | 807 mm | 115 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (3.0°C), June least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −24.7°C (2003) and 26.0°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Vaughan Metropolitan Centre’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Toronto Pearson (Airport) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: 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 Vaughan Metropolitan Centre’s climate
How warm does Vaughan Metropolitan Centre get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 27.4°C.
How cold does Vaughan Metropolitan Centre get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −8.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Vaughan Metropolitan Centre get?
About 807 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (81 mm) and February the driest (50 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 69 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Vaughan Metropolitan Centre itself?
Not exactly. Vaughan Metropolitan Centre lacks a normals station, so Toronto Pearson (Airport) supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Vaughan Metropolitan Centre →
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).