Best time to visit Vancouver
Our pick for sun: July to August.
The best months
- SunJuly to August
- CityJuly to August
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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, 6/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 10/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 20/100 | Best avoided, 20/100 | Fair, 44/100 | Good, 76/100 | Good, 76/100 | Fair, 46/100 | Best avoided, 10/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 7/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 6/100, Heavy rain |
| City | Best avoided, 7/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 30/100 | Best avoided, 27/100, Heavy rain | Fair, 47/100 | Good, 64/100 | Good, 71/100 | Ideal, 85/100 | Ideal, 85/100 | Good, 77/100 | Fair, 39/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 16/100, Heavy rain | Best avoided, 7/100, Heavy rain |
- Ideal
- Good
- Fair
- Best avoided
- Risk flagged
Temperatures and rain
See the month-by-month values
| Month | High | Low | Sea | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | 1°C | 7°C | 321 mm |
| February | 7°C | 1°C | 7°C | 195 mm |
| March | 9°C | 3°C | 8°C | 256 mm |
| April | 12°C | 5°C | 10°C | 180 mm |
| May | 16°C | 8°C | 13°C | 122 mm |
| June | 18°C | 11°C | 15°C | 100 mm |
| July | 21°C | 13°C | 17°C | 57 mm |
| August | 22°C | 13°C | 17°C | 77 mm |
| September | 18°C | 11°C | 15°C | 129 mm |
| October | 13°C | 7°C | 12°C | 250 mm |
| November | 8°C | 3°C | 9°C | 354 mm |
| December | 5°C | 1°C | 8°C | 312 mm |
Estimated flight time
- From YUL : about 5 h 10 min
- From YYZ : about 4 h 45 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)
- NOAA OISST v2.1
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).