Photo: Wilfredor · CC0Precipitation in Lévis tops that of 93% of Canadian towns: 1,299 mm a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.1°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 73% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 41°C apart. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 19–25°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Lévis itself; the figures are those of Ste-Foy (U. Laval), 7.7 km north-west.
A year in Lévis at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lévis’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Lévis feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
162 frost days and 101 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 21 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,299 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 10th wettest of 513 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec. Some 154 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Ste-Foy (U. Laval) publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Beauséjour, 10 km away.
About 331 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 89 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Lévis
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year.
Living with Lévis’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 39 days in a normal year.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 31 days a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Lévis’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Ste-Foy (U. Laval)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Ste-Foy (U. Laval) are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 7.7 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 79 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Beauséjour, 10 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.3°C |
| Average wind | 9.9 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Beauséjour, 10 km |
How Lévis 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 Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Lévis’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 11–16 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Lévis.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lévis Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C | −15.6°C | 1,299 mm |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette 11 km · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C about the same | −16.7°C 1.1°C colder | 1,173 mm |
| Saint-Henri 13 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C 1.2°C colder | 1,299 mm |
| Sainte-Pétronille 14 km · Lauzon | 24.9°C about the same | −16.6°C 1.0°C colder | 1,216 mm |
Lévis 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 | −7.1°C | −15.6°C | −11.3°C | 93 mm | 71 cm |
| February | −4.8°C | −14.4°C | −9.6°C | 87 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.8°C | −8.4°C | −3.8°C | 90 mm | 55 cm |
| April | 8.4°C | −0.6°C | 4.0°C | 101 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 6.5°C | 12.0°C | 102 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 11.7°C | 17.1°C | 127 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.8°C | 20.0°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.9°C | 19.1°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 9.2°C | 14.3°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | 3.2°C | 7.2°C | 118 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −2.7°C | 0.7°C | 97 mm | 25 cm |
| December | −3.2°C | −10.2°C | −6.7°C | 123 mm | 89 cm |
| Year | 9.8°C | 0.6°C | 5.2°C | 1,299 mm | 331 cm |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 2.8°C of normal, against the steadier August
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −27.7°C (2003) and 20.4°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Lévis’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Ste-Foy (U. Laval) (the closest location with all twelve months of 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 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lévis’s climate
How warm does Lévis get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.1°C.
How cold does Lévis get in winter?
Expect nights around −15.6°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Lévis get?
1,299 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (133 mm); the driest, February (87 mm).
Are these figures for Lévis itself?
Not as such: Ste-Foy (U. Laval) is the nearest normals location, and Lévis has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lévis →
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).