Best time to visit Whistler

Whistler is a city of two halves. July scores 81 and December scores 5 — a 76-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.

July is the warmest month at 21.9 °C and December the coolest at 0.2 °C — a 21.7 °C spread across the year. At the other end, 136 nights a year fall below freezing: the winter here is a real one.

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 10. That 11-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Whistler, and it moves further than the temperature does.

Daylight swings hard — 16.4 hours at midsummer against 8.1 at midwinter. That 8.3-hour difference changes how much fits into a day more than the temperature does.

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.

Whistler month by month