Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse is wetter than 90% of Canadian towns: 1,216 mm of rain and snow a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.1°C. Seasons differ by 41°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 75% of Canadian towns. From June to September, highs of 19–25°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
These are not Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Saint Michel, 12 km north.
A year in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 174 days, 20°C on 96
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 23 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,216 mm a year
The most falls in July, the least in March. On about 142 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Saint Michel publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Lauzon, 14 km away.
299 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 77 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
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. Homes here need more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Saint Michel
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Saint Michel.
| Distance from the town | 12 km north |
| Station altitude | 69 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Lauzon, 14 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Lauzon, 14 km |
How Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse 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 Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse Saint Michel | 25.1°C | −16.0°C | 1,216 mm |
| Saint-Gervais 7.2 km · Saint Michel | 25.1°C about the same | −16.0°C about the same | 1,216 mm |
| Beaumont 8.0 km · Lauzon | 24.9°C about the same | −16.6°C 0.6°C colder | 1,216 mm |
| Saint-Henri 13 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C 0.8°C colder | 1,299 mm |
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.9°C | −16.0°C | −11.6°C | 80 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −14.8°C | −10.1°C | 80 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.2°C | −8.8°C | −4.6°C | 78 mm | 51 cm |
| April | 7.7°C | −1.3°C | 3.5°C | 95 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 5.8°C | 11.4°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22.3°C | 11.1°C | 16.9°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.1°C | 19.3°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.2°C | 18.7°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.3°C | 8.8°C | 14.1°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.3°C | 2.8°C | 7.1°C | 112 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −3.3°C | 0.6°C | 84 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −3.1°C | −10.5°C | −6.7°C | 101 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 9.7°C | 0.1°C | 4.9°C | 1,216 mm | 299 cm |
January has run from −35.5°C to 13.5°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 2.9°C around its normal of −11.6°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 0.9°C.
Where Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Saint Michel, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse’s climate
How warm does Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.1°C on a typical day.
How cold does Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse get in winter?
Overnight lows average −16.0°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse get?
Around 1,216 mm a year in all, from 129 mm in July down to 78 mm in March.
Are these figures for Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse itself?
Not quite: they come from Saint Michel, the closest ECCC normals location to Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse →
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).