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Ganges climate by month
What the weather is like
Ganges has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25° and nights 13°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 7° and lows of 1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 1,299 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (202 mm, 20 wet days) and August the driest (37 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 23% in August to 53% in January.
The sea reaches about 16° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Ottawa, the capital, Ganges is 2.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- 1° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 23% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 16° · August
- Longest day
- 16 h 09 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 17 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 7° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 21° | 15° | 10° | 7° |
| Average low | 1° | 1° | 3° | 5° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 202 mm | 129 mm | 121 mm | 76 mm | 58 mm | 48 mm | 27 mm | 37 mm | 52 mm | 129 mm | 211 mm | 209 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 20.1 | 15.8 | 19.8 | 15 | 12 | 10.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 10.7 | 16.6 | 20.1 | 19.8 |
| Cloud cover | 53% | 47% | 47% | 44% | 39% | 35% | 25% | 23% | 27% | 42% | 52% | 53% |
| Sea temperature | 7° | 7° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 16° | 16° | 14° | 11° | 9° | 8° |
| Daylight | 8h 43 | 10h 12 | 11h 51 | 13h 42 | 15h 16 | 16h 09 | 15h 47 | 14h 23 | 12h 37 | 10h 51 | 9h 11 | 8h 17 |
| Month score | 15 | 18 | 27 | 47 | 68 | 73 | 87 | 88 | 75 | 48 | 16 | 15 |