Best time to visit Saskatoon

Saskatoon is a city of two halves. September scores 84 and November scores 27 — a 57-point swing, which is the difference between a holiday and an endurance test. The month you pick matters more here than almost anywhere. 4 of the twelve months sit within ten points of the best, so there is more than one right answer.

July is the warmest month at 26.2 °C and January the coolest at -8.7 °C — a 34.9 °C spread across the year. At the other end, 191 nights a year fall below freezing: the winter here is a real one.

There is a real wet season here. June carries the rain — up to 14 wet days in a month — while January, February, March and December drop as low as 5. That 9-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Saskatoon, and it moves further than the temperature does.

Daylight swings hard — 16.7 hours at midsummer against 7.8 at midwinter. That 8.9-hour difference changes how much fits into a day more than the temperature does.

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

Saskatoon month by month