Best time to visit Toronto

Toronto is a city of two halves. August scores 78 and January scores 18 — a 60-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 June to September — 4 months within ten points of the best.

July is the warmest month at 24.4 °C and January the coolest at -0.7 °C — a 25.1 °C spread across the year. At the other end, 111 nights a year fall below freezing: the winter here is a real one.

Rain is spread evenly through the year — between 12 and 16 wet days in every month — so there is no dry season to aim for and no wet one to dodge. Whatever you plan, the odds of rain are much the same.

Daylight runs from 9 hours in winter to 15.4 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

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

Toronto month by month