Best time to visit Saguenay

Saguenay is a city of two halves. June scores 72 and December scores 13 — a 59-point swing, which is the difference between a holiday and an endurance test. The month you pick matters more here than almost anywhere. The good window runs May to September — 5 months within ten points of the best.

July is the warmest month at 23.8 °C and January the coolest at -10.4 °C — a 34.2 °C spread across the year. At the other end, 178 nights a year fall below freezing: the winter here is a real one.

There is a real wet season here. July to August carry the rain — up to 17 wet days in a month — while February drops as low as 10. That 7-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Saguenay, and it moves further than the temperature does.

Daylight runs from 8.4 hours in winter to 16.1 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are June, September, August. The one to think twice about is December. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight and crowd levels.

Saguenay month by month