Canada · 49.28°N 123.12°W · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit Vancouver is July to August, with highs of 20–21 °C68–70 °F and nights of 11–12 °C52–54 °F, and rainfall of 56–64 mm2.2–2.5 in a month.
The rainy season is October to April; October to March is a true monsoon, with 184–336 mm7.2–13 in a month and a peak in November (336 mm13 in). August is the hottest month (highs of 21 °C70 °F) and January the coldest (4 °C39 °F); nights are below freezing from December to January.
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 49.28, -123.12. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: July to August.
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Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Vancouver's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28011 | 438 | -129 | monsoon | too cold |
| February | 1927.6 | 541 | 032 | monsoon | too cold |
| March | 1847.2 | 745 | 134 | monsoon | too cold |
| April | 1526.0 | 1050 | 337 | rainy | too cold |
| May | 1124.4 | 1456 | 643 | showers | too cold |
| June | 883.5 | 1762 | 947 | showers | too cold |
| July | 562.2 | 2067 | 1152 | dry | good |
| August | 642.5 | 2169 | 1253 | showers | good |
| September | 803.1 | 1763 | 948 | showers | too cold |
| October | 2168.5 | 1254 | 541 | monsoon | too cold |
| November | 33613 | 744 | 235 | monsoon | too cold |
| December | 26410 | 438 | -130 | monsoon | too cold |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | July to August |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | April to June and September |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Yes. The rainy season is October to April; October to March is a true monsoon, with 184–336 mm7.2–13 in a month and a peak in November (336 mm13 in). Outside the rainy season, July is dry.
August is the hottest month (highs of 21 °C70 °F) and January the coldest (4 °C39 °F); nights are below freezing from December to January. Annual rainfall is about 2,024 mm80 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Vancouver does not:
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