Photo: Vintotal · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Ville-Marie
Sunny July days climb to about 24.8°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 67% of Canadian towns. September is the wettest month, February the driest. Plan for rain or snow on about 117 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Earlton, 52 km north-west: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Ville-Marie itself.
A year in Ville-Marie at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Ville-Marie’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Ville-Marie feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 195 frosts and 96 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 49 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
Rain and melted snow: about 740 mm a year
511th wettest of 514 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Ville-Marie
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 84% of Canadian towns.
Living with Ville-Marie’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 27 May and the first autumn frost around 20 September: about 115 frost-free days between.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Count on some 81 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
The humidex tops 30 on about 29 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Ville-Marie: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Earlton
ECCC builds the Earlton normals from 4 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 52 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 244 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.2°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Barrage Témiscamingue, 74 km |
How Ville-Marie 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 Ville-Marie whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 72–104 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Ville-Marie.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ville-Marie Earlton | 24.8°C | −21.4°C | 740 mm |
| Témiscaming 72 km · Barrage Témiscamingue | 25.5°C 0.7°C warmer | −16.0°C 5.4°C milder | 1,020 mm |
| Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part 81 km · Kirkland Lake | 24.0°C 0.8°C cooler | −21.9°C 0.5°C colder | 787 mm |
| Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part 85 km · North Bay | 24.3°C 0.5°C cooler | −17.3°C 4.1°C milder | 1,020 mm |
| Rouyn-Noranda 104 km · Rouyn | 23.7°C 1.1°C cooler | −20.1°C 1.3°C milder | 787 mm |
Ville-Marie weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.7°C | −21.4°C | −15.6°C | 43 mm |
| February | −7.2°C | −20.2°C | −13.7°C | 31 mm |
| March | −0.4°C | −12.9°C | −6.6°C | 42 mm |
| April | 8.0°C | −3.5°C | 2.3°C | 58 mm |
| May | 17.5°C | 3.8°C | 10.6°C | 68 mm |
| June | 22.7°C | 9.3°C | 16.0°C | 78 mm |
| July | 24.8°C | 12.0°C | 18.4°C | 85 mm |
| August | 23.3°C | 10.7°C | 17.0°C | 71 mm |
| September | 18.4°C | 6.2°C | 12.3°C | 88 mm |
| October | 10.1°C | 0.7°C | 5.4°C | 77 mm |
| November | 1.9°C | −6.1°C | −2.1°C | 57 mm |
| December | −5.2°C | −14.6°C | −9.9°C | 43 mm |
| Year | 8.7°C | −3.0°C | 2.8°C | 740 mm |
A March here can run from −36.6°C to 25.4°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.6°C of the normal, −15.6°C. July is the steadiest, within 1.2°C.
Where Ville-Marie’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Earlton, 1991–2020.
- 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: a snowfall figure (none within 100 km), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Ville-Marie’s climate
How warm does Ville-Marie get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24.8°C.
How cold does Ville-Marie get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −21.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Ville-Marie get?
Precipitation totals 740 mm a year, with September the wettest month (88 mm) and February the driest (31 mm).
Are these figures for Ville-Marie itself?
Not really: Earlton, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Ville-Marie.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Ville-Marie →
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).