Photo: Andrijko Z. · CC BY-SA 4.0Winter nights in Kitigan Zibi are colder than in 81% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.6°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 43°C apart. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 63% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Kitigan Zibi has no normals station, so these come from Maniwaki, 25 km south.
A year in Kitigan Zibi at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kitigan Zibi’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Kitigan Zibi feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 181 days, 20°C on 109
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 33 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 939 mm a year
The most falls in October, the least in February. On about 141 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 182 cm in a normal year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 45 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Maniwaki normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Charteris, 82 km away.
Heating a home in Kitigan Zibi
90% 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. By this count, homes here need more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kitigan Zibi’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 16 May to about 26 September, some 132 days in a normal year.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Expect around 45 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 34 days a year.
A typical year is calm by definition; Kitigan Zibi’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Maniwaki
Maniwaki is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 25 km south |
| Station altitude | 199 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Charteris, 82 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.3°C |
| Average wind | 7.7 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Charteris, 82 km |
How Kitigan Zibi compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Kitigan Zibi’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 60–76 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Kitigan Zibi.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitigan Zibi Maniwaki | 25.6°C | −17.4°C | 939 mm |
| Val-des-Bois 60 km · Angers | 26.2°C 0.6°C warmer | −16.5°C 0.9°C milder | 939 mm |
| Low 61 km · Luskville | 26.9°C 1.3°C warmer | −16.0°C 1.4°C milder | 968 mm |
| Chute-Saint-Philippe 70 km · St-Jovite | 25.3°C about the same | −18.3°C 0.9°C colder | 939 mm |
Kitigan Zibi weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.4°C | −17.4°C | −12.0°C | 76 mm | 42 cm |
| February | −4.3°C | −16.5°C | −10.4°C | 56 mm | 35 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −10.0°C | −4.0°C | 71 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −2.1°C | 4.0°C | 72 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 18.6°C | 4.8°C | 11.7°C | 73 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.4°C | 10.0°C | 16.7°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 12.6°C | 19.1°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.3°C | 11.5°C | 17.9°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 7.1°C | 13.3°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.8°C | 1.5°C | 6.7°C | 96 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.1°C | −4.5°C | −0.2°C | 72 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −3.1°C | −12.2°C | −7.7°C | 76 mm | 45 cm |
| Year | 10.5°C | −1.3°C | 4.6°C | 939 mm | 182 cm |
In March, anything from −31.8°C to 27.2°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 3.1°C of its normal of −10.4°C; July keeps to within 1.1°C.
Where Kitigan Zibi’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Maniwaki: the nearest of its locations with every month’s 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: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Kitigan Zibi’s climate
How warm does Kitigan Zibi get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.6°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Kitigan Zibi get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −17.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Kitigan Zibi get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 939 mm a year; October leads with 96 mm and February trails with 56 mm.
Are these figures for Kitigan Zibi itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Maniwaki; Kitigan Zibi has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kitigan Zibi →
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).