Bourg-Royal is wetter than 87% of Canadian towns: 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.1°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 73% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. Have the furnace checked before October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
These are not Bourg-Royal’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Ste-Foy (U. Laval), 12 km south-west.
A year in Bourg-Royal at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bourg-Royal’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Bourg-Royal feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 162 days, 20°C on 101
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
About 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 135 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 13 km away (Ste-Foy (U. Laval) records no complete year of it).
About 299 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 77 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Ste-Foy (U. Laval) publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Lauzon, 13 km away.
Heating a home in Bourg-Royal
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days.
Living with Bourg-Royal’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 39 days in a normal year.
Count on some 31 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Bourg-Royal’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
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 | 12 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 79 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 13 km |
| Snowfall from | Lauzon, 13 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 | Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 13 km |
How Bourg-Royal 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 Bourg-Royal’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-Royal Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C | −15.6°C | 1,173 mm |
| Jésuites 2.4 km · Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C about the same | −15.6°C about the same | 1,173 mm |
| Saint-Michel 3.5 km · Lauzon | 24.9°C about the same | −16.6°C 1.0°C colder | 1,216 mm |
Bourg-Royal 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 | 87 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −4.8°C | −14.4°C | −9.6°C | 66 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.8°C | −8.4°C | −3.8°C | 78 mm | 51 cm |
| April | 8.4°C | −0.6°C | 4.0°C | 94 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 6.5°C | 12.0°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 11.7°C | 17.1°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.8°C | 20.0°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.9°C | 19.1°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 9.2°C | 14.3°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | 3.2°C | 7.2°C | 116 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −2.7°C | 0.7°C | 91 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −3.2°C | −10.2°C | −6.7°C | 96 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 9.8°C | 0.6°C | 5.2°C | 1,173 mm | 299 cm |
From −27.7°C to 20.4°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 2.8°C from −11.3°C. August moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Bourg-Royal’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Ste-Foy (U. Laval), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Bourg-Royal’s climate
How warm does Bourg-Royal get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.1°C.
How cold does Bourg-Royal get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −15.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Bourg-Royal get?
Some 1,173 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (119 mm), the least in February (66 mm).
Are these figures for Bourg-Royal itself?
They describe Ste-Foy (U. Laval), the nearest normals location, rather than Bourg-Royal itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bourg-Royal →
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).