Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Montpellier has colder winter nights than 78% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.2°C. Expect the most rain and snow in June and the least in February. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 62% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Montpellier has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Angers, 45 km south-west.
A year in Montpellier at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Montpellier’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Montpellier feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 179 frosts and 112 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 29 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
Rain and melted snow: about 938 mm a year
On about 120 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Ottawa (City), 68 km away (Angers records no complete year of either).
185 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 45 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Montpellier
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 60% of Canadian towns.
Living with Montpellier’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
About 119 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 26 May to a first of 22 September.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Montpellier’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Angers
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Angers, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 45 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 91 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Ottawa (City), 68 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | St-Jovite, 54 km |
How Montpellier 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 Montpellier whose figures come from another normals location. Montpellier has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–48 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montpellier Angers | 26.2°C | −16.5°C | 938 mm |
| Lac-Simon 9.0 km · St-Jovite | 25.3°C 0.9°C cooler | −18.3°C 1.8°C colder | 1,178 mm |
| Notre-Dame-du-Laus 40 km · Maniwaki | 25.6°C 0.6°C cooler | −17.4°C 0.9°C colder | 939 mm |
| Grenville-sur-la-Rouge 48 km · Lachute | 26.5°C about the same | −14.7°C 1.8°C milder | 1,178 mm |
Montpellier 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 | −5.6°C | −16.5°C | −11.2°C | 65 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −3.3°C | −15.5°C | −9.5°C | 52 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.3°C | −8.7°C | −3.7°C | 62 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 10.7°C | −1.0°C | 5.0°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 5.6°C | 12.2°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 10.9°C | 17.4°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.2°C | 13.4°C | 19.6°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 12.5°C | 18.7°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 8.1°C | 14.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.6°C | 2.2°C | 7.4°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.2°C | −3.5°C | 1.0°C | 72 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −2.1°C | −11.0°C | −7.0°C | 74 mm | 43 cm |
| Year | 11.2°C | −0.3°C | 5.3°C | 938 mm | 185 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 3.5°C, more than any month, and August least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −33.5°C in 2007 and a high of 27.0°C in 2012.
Where Montpellier’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Angers, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Montpellier’s climate
How warm does Montpellier get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 26.2°C.
How cold does Montpellier get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −16.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Montpellier get?
Precipitation totals 938 mm a year, with June the wettest month (95 mm) and February the driest (52 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 121 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Montpellier itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Angers, outside Montpellier.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Montpellier →
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).