Best time to visit Canada

Canada does not have a single best season. Its 31 destinations peak across 4 different months, which means an itinerary that moves around the country will be in the right season for some of it and the wrong one for the rest — worth building the route around.

Averaged across every destination listed, Canada is at its best in August, scoring 78 out of 100, with September close behind at 76. December is the weakest month nationally at 19. The workable window is wide — 4 months sit within eight points of the best — so a trip covering several of these places has room to move.

There is real variation inside Canada: 15 °C annually in Kelowna against 7 °C in Banff. Rain splits the country further: St. John's sees 199 wet days a year against 89 in Regina, which is a different kind of trip rather than a slightly damper one.