Best time to visit Vancouver

Vancouver is a city of two halves. July scores 84 and December scores 15 — a 69-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 September — 3 months within ten points of the best.

July is the warmest month at 23.5 °C and December the coolest at 4.2 °C — a 19.3 °C spread across the year. 51 nights a year dip below freezing.

There is a real wet season here. January, March, November and December carry the rain — up to 21 wet days in a month — while July to September drop as low as 9. That 12-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Vancouver, and it moves further than the temperature does.

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 and crowd levels.

Vancouver month by month