Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Few Canadian towns have colder winter nights than Malartic
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 23.8°C on average. Winter and summer sit 46°C apart. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 71% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season runs from June to August, with highs of 22–24°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Malartic itself; the figures are those of Val-d'Or, 26 km east.
A year in Malartic at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Malartic’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Malartic feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 202 days, 20°C on 86
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 57 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 868 mm of rain and snow a year
September is the wettest month and February the driest. 504th wettest of 513 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec. Some 135 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Malartic
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. A house here needs more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Malartic’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Count on about 107 frost-free days: the last frost averages 31 May, the first 16 September.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 85 days in a normal year.
Roughly 19 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Malartic’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Val-d'Or
ECCC builds the Val-d'Or normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 26 km east |
| Station altitude | 337 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.1°C |
| Average wind | 12.5 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Rouyn, 68 km |
How Malartic compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Malartic whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 52 km from Malartic.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malartic Val-d'Or | 23.8°C | −22.2°C | 868 mm |
| Trécesson 52 km · Rouyn | 23.7°C about the same | −20.1°C 2.1°C milder | 868 mm |
Malartic weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.4°C | −22.2°C | −16.3°C | 55 mm |
| February | −8.1°C | −21.2°C | −14.7°C | 42 mm |
| March | −1.6°C | −14.7°C | −8.2°C | 47 mm |
| April | 6.7°C | −5.1°C | 0.8°C | 65 mm |
| May | 16.3°C | 2.7°C | 9.5°C | 69 mm |
| June | 22.0°C | 8.5°C | 15.2°C | 84 mm |
| July | 23.8°C | 11.5°C | 17.7°C | 101 mm |
| August | 22.2°C | 10.3°C | 16.3°C | 93 mm |
| September | 17.3°C | 5.9°C | 11.6°C | 102 mm |
| October | 9.0°C | 0.2°C | 4.6°C | 82 mm |
| November | 0.8°C | −7.2°C | −3.2°C | 75 mm |
| December | −6.3°C | −16.0°C | −11.2°C | 54 mm |
| Year | 7.7°C | −4.0°C | 1.9°C | 868 mm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.5°C; the steadiest, July
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in April: a low of −27.1°C in 2016 and a high of 26.8°C in 2001.
Where Malartic’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Val-d'Or, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: snowfall (no location within 100 km publishes a full year of it), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and an altitude correction.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Malartic’s climate
How warm does Malartic get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23.8°C.
How cold does Malartic get in winter?
Expect nights around −22.2°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Malartic get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 868 mm; the range runs from 42 mm in February to 102 mm in September.
Are these figures for Malartic itself?
No, they come from Val-d'Or; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Malartic itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Malartic →
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).