Best time to visit Tofino

Tofino is a city of two halves. July scores 79 and December scores 25 — a 54-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 July to August — 2 months within ten points of the best.

August is the warmest month at 18.6 °C and December the coolest at 7.5 °C — a 11.1 °C spread across the year. It never reaches 30 °C in an average year, which takes heat off the list of reasons to avoid any particular month.

There is a real wet season here. January, March, November and December carry the rain — up to 22 wet days in a month — while July to September drop as low as 9. That 13-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Tofino, and it moves further than the temperature does.

The sea peaks at just 14.4 °C, which is wetsuit territory even at its warmest — a coast to look at rather than swim in. Daylight runs from 8.2 hours in winter to 16.2 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

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

Tofino month by month