La Malbaie gets more snow than 91% of Canadian towns: about 281 cm a year
In January the night’s low is typically −15.3°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 72% of Canadian towns. October is the wettest month, February the driest. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 19–24°C.
No ECCC station in La Malbaie has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads La Pocatière, 36 km south, instead.
A year in La Malbaie at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about La Malbaie’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in La Malbaie feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
170 frost days and 92 days above 20°C a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 18 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
906 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 129 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
281 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 66 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Grandes-Bergeronnes, 80 km away (La Pocatière records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in La Malbaie
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with La Malbaie’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →On some 52 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
About 31 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; La Malbaie’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: La Pocatière
La Pocatière is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 36 km south |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Grandes-Bergeronnes, 80 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.7°C |
| Average wind | 14.8 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin, 47 km |
How La Malbaie 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
Places around La Malbaie whose figures come from another normals location. La Malbaie has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 27 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Malbaie La Pocatière | 24.2°C | −15.3°C | 906 mm |
| Saint-Siméon 27 km · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin | 22.5°C 1.7°C cooler | −15.5°C about the same | 1,124 mm |
La Malbaie weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.5°C | −15.3°C | −10.9°C | 70 mm | 51 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −14.3°C | −9.6°C | 61 mm | 64 cm |
| March | 0.1°C | −8.8°C | −4.4°C | 62 mm | 52 cm |
| April | 7.6°C | −1.5°C | 3.0°C | 69 mm | 21 cm |
| May | 16.2°C | 4.7°C | 10.4°C | 74 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 21.6°C | 10.0°C | 15.8°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 13.2°C | 18.7°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.6°C | 12.4°C | 18.0°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.9°C | 8.3°C | 13.6°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | 2.7°C | 7.0°C | 99 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 4.3°C | −2.7°C | 0.8°C | 72 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −2.6°C | −10.1°C | −6.4°C | 74 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 9.5°C | −0.1°C | 4.7°C | 906 mm | 281 cm |
March has run from −27.2°C to 21.8°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 2.6°C from −10.9°C. June moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where La Malbaie’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, La Pocatière: 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: 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 La Malbaie’s climate
How warm does La Malbaie get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 24.2°C.
How cold does La Malbaie get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −15.3°C.
How much rain and snow does La Malbaie get?
Rain and snow add up to about 906 mm of water a year; October brings the most (99 mm), February the least (61 mm).
Are these figures for La Malbaie itself?
They are borrowed from La Pocatière, the nearest place to La Malbaie where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for La Malbaie →
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).