Photo: busand2003 · CC BY 3.0Melbourne is wetter than 79% of Canadian towns: 1,070 mm of rain and snow a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.6°C. In January, nights here are colder than in 71% of Canadian towns. Expect the most rain and snow in July and the least in February. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Richmond station, 2.5 km south-east.
A year in Melbourne at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Melbourne’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Melbourne feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 170 frosts and 114 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 23 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
1,070 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 136 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Richmond normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Drummondville here, 37 km away.
About 229 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 60 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Melbourne
91% 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.
Living with Melbourne’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Melbourne’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Richmond
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Richmond, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 2.5 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 123 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Drummondville, 37 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Next-nearest location | Drummondville, 37 km |
How Melbourne 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Melbourne’s own would show the same figures). Melbourne has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–30 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Richmond | 25.6°C | −15.0°C | 1,070 mm |
| L'Avenir 18 km · Drummondville | 26.0°C about the same | −14.2°C 0.8°C milder | 1,070 mm |
| Kingsey Falls 25 km · Arthabaska | 25.1°C 0.5°C cooler | −15.3°C about the same | 1,150 mm |
| Roxton Falls 30 km · Granby | 25.6°C about the same | −13.4°C 1.6°C milder | 1,226 mm |
Melbourne 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 | −4.7°C | −15.0°C | −10.0°C | 90 mm | 57 cm |
| February | −2.9°C | −14.3°C | −8.6°C | 66 mm | 50 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −8.3°C | −2.9°C | 66 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −0.7°C | 5.1°C | 79 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 18.8°C | 6.0°C | 12.4°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.3°C | 17.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 14.1°C | 19.5°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.7°C | 13.1°C | 18.9°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 8.8°C | 14.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.0°C | 8.0°C | 100 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.7°C | −2.9°C | 1.6°C | 80 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −1.3°C | −9.8°C | −5.7°C | 95 mm | 60 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | 0.4°C | 5.9°C | 1,070 mm | 229 cm |
In February, anything from −42.0°C to 17.2°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 3.3°C of its normal of −10.0°C; June keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Melbourne’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Richmond: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Melbourne’s climate
How warm does Melbourne get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 25.6°C.
How cold does Melbourne get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −15.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Melbourne get?
Count on roughly 1,070 mm a year, heaviest in July (109 mm) and lightest in February (66 mm).
Are these figures for Melbourne itself?
Yes: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Richmond, a location inside Melbourne.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Melbourne →
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).