Best time to visit Quebec City
Our pick for sun: June to August.
The best months
- SunJune to August
- CityMay to September
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The twelve months at a glance
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Fair, 39/100 | Good, 67/100 | Good, 71/100 | Good, 70/100 | Fair, 53/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 |
| City | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Fair, 45/100 | Good, 67/100 | Good, 71/100 | Good, 65/100 | Good, 68/100 | Good, 74/100 | Fair, 51/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 |
- Ideal
- Good
- Fair
- Best avoided
- Risk flagged
Temperatures and rain
See the month-by-month values
| Month | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7°C | -16°C | 90 mm |
| February | -5°C | -14°C | 75 mm |
| March | 1°C | -8°C | 86 mm |
| April | 9°C | -1°C | 108 mm |
| May | 18°C | 7°C | 105 mm |
| June | 22°C | 12°C | 122 mm |
| July | 25°C | 15°C | 125 mm |
| August | 24°C | 14°C | 118 mm |
| September | 19°C | 9°C | 112 mm |
| October | 11°C | 3°C | 129 mm |
| November | 4°C | -3°C | 104 mm |
| December | -3°C | -11°C | 108 mm |
Estimated flight time
- From YUL : about 55 min
- From YYZ : about 1 h 35 min
- From YVR : about 5 h 20 min
Estimate of a nonstop flight computed from the distance: not a schedule. Connections lengthen the trip.
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Where this data comes from
Temperatures, sunshine and rain: monthly normals we computed over 1991-2020. These are estimates from a climate reanalysis, not station readings.
- ERA5 reanalysis-era5-single-levels-timeseries (C3S, CC-BY)
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, 2026, CC BY 4.0 licence). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 (Huang et al., 2021, J. Climate 34, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0166.1).