Nova Scotia, Canada
Halifax
Halifax is a city in Nova Scotia, Canada, close to the sea. It has a population of about 471,559. The climate is classified as warm-summer humid continental (Köppen Dfb), with warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
Now9°C
Best timeJul–Sep
Population471,559
Local time18:03
44.64° N, 63.58° WElevation 60 mUTC−3 · Atlantic Daylight Time
Postal codesB3H, B3JOctober: high / low13° / 7°
Rain this month138mm
Sea this month13°
Best timeJul–Sep
Best: Jul–Sep. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Halifax at a glance
Sunrise · sunset07:39 · 18:2010 h 41 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous87% · Moonrise 16:51Northern lights tonightUnlikely tonightKp needed: 5.3Next holiday11 NovemberRemembrance DayNext concert7 FebHilary Duff · Scotiabank Centre
Best time to visitJul–Sep
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month22°C
Average high in August
Coolest month-8°C
Average low in January
Wettest monthJuly
106 mm of rain
Driest monthJuly
106 mm of rain
Warmest sea17°C
August
Monuments nearby10+
within 1.3 km
How Halifax has grown
People living in the built-up area (103 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+60%142k in 1975 → 228k in 2025Weather in Halifax
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
9°C
Today hour by hourRain · wind 20 km/h · humidity 91%
Today22 Oct10°8°12.7 mm
Fri23 Oct8°3°12.7 mm
Sat24 Oct10°3°0.5 mm
Sun25 Oct18°2°
Mon26 Oct16°5°
Tue27 Oct10°2°
Wed28 Oct9°0°
Thu29 Oct12°1°
Fri30 Oct15°5°
Sat31 Oct13°5°2.5 mm
When to go to Halifax
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 25 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 40 | 60 | 61 | 65 | 67 | 40 | 23 | 17 |
| High | 0° | 0° | 3° | 8° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 22° | 19° | 13° | 8° | 3° |
| Low | -8° | -8° | -4° | 1° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 15° | 12° | 7° | 2° | -4° |
| Rain (mm) | 135 | 116 | 130 | 116 | 127 | 112 | 106 | 106 | 108 | 138 | 160 | 151 |
| Wet days | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Sea | 3° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 6° |
What's on in Halifax
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Concerts and shows
7FebHilary DuffScotiabank Centre
Halifax's festivals through the year
Monuments and museums in Halifax
0.5 km
Halifax Town ClockBuilt 1803
0.6 km
St. Paul's ChurchBuilt 1750
0.5 km
Fort Massey United ChurchBuilt 1870
0.7 km
Bank of Nova Scotia Building, HalifaxBuilt 1931
0.6 km
Province House, Halifax
0.7 km
Halifax City Hall
Museum0.7 km
Art Gallery of Nova ScotiaBuilt 1908
Museum0.7 km
Maritime Museum of the AtlanticBuilt 1948More museums: Army Museum · Public Archives of Nova Scotia
Outdoors around Halifax
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Seven Bays BoulderingClimbing
1 kmShubie Park CampgroundCamp sites
1 kmLinks at MontagueGolf courses
1.3 kmSpirit SpaHot springs & thermal baths
1.4 kmSeven Bays DartmouthClimbing
1.6 kmTipiCamp sites
1.6 kmEast Coast Scuba and WatersportsDive site
12 kmNature around Halifax
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of Canada seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Halifax
Tsunamis · Halifax
C5Hurricane Dorian (2019)82 km · 148 km/hC4Hurricane Earl (2010)83 km · 120 km/hC4Hurricane Bill (2009)90 km · 120 km/hTSTropical Storm Beryl (2006)98 km · 65 km/hC1Hurricane Ophelia (2005)79 km · 83 km/hC2Hurricane Juan (2003)32 km · 157 km/hC4Hurricane Hortense (1996)44 km · 130 km/hC1Hurricane Allison (1995)94 km · 93 km/hC1Hurricane of 28 October 1991 (1991)8 km · 83 km/h
Universities and research institutes
University of King's CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1789
Saint Mary's UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1802
Dalhousie UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1818
Mount Saint Vincent UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1873
NSCAD UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1887
Technical University of Nova ScotiaUniversity or college · founded 1907
Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of EnglishUniversity or college · founded 1957
Atlantic School of TheologyUniversity or college · founded 1971
Centre for Innovation in InfrastructureUniversity or college · founded 1983
Nova Scotia Community CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1988
The Audio Recording AcademyUniversity or college · founded 1992
MicroResearchUniversity or college · founded 2008
Centre for Sustainable Soil ManagementUniversity or college · founded 2020
Institute for Comparative GenomicsUniversity or college · founded 2021
Black Studies Research InstituteUniversity or college · founded 2022
The Clairmont Centre for Community Safety ResearchUniversity or college · founded 2023
Atlantic Institute for Digital AgricultureUniversity or college
Brain Repair CentreUniversity or college
Canadian Centre for VaccinologyUniversity or college
Canadian Institute of Fisheries TechnologyUniversity or college
Centre for Contemporary WritingUniversity or college
Centre for Global Mental HealthUniversity or college
Centre for Jewish StudiesUniversity or college
Centre for Research in Sustainable Supply Chain AnalyticsUniversity or college
Centre for Transformative Nursing and Health ResearchUniversity or college
Centre for Water Resources StudiesUniversity or college
Centre for the Study of Security and DevelopmentUniversity or college
Clean Technologies Research InstituteUniversity or college
Dalhousie Health Justice InstituteUniversity or college
Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and SecurityUniversity or college
Jean Monnet European Union Centre of ExcellenceUniversity or college
Law and Technology InstituteUniversity or college
MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and GovernanceUniversity or college
Solutions for Kids in PainUniversity or college
Trace Analysis Research CentreUniversity or college
Institute for Marine BiosciencesResearch institute · founded 1952
Nova Scotia Health Research FoundationResearch institute · founded 2000
Abbey Ridge ObservatoryResearch institute · founded 2003
Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research InstituteResearch institute · founded 2009
Ocean Tracking NetworkResearch institute · founded 2010
Ocean Frontier InstituteResearch institute · founded 2015
Genome AtlanticResearch institute
Towns and villages around Halifax
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
Jollimore2.9 kmHydrostone3.2 kmDartmouth3.2 kmPurcells Cove3.3 kmMcNabs Island3.8 kmConvoy Place4.1 kmAlbro Lake4.6 kmSpryfield4.7 kmShannon Park4.8 kmFergusons Cove5 kmGrahams Corner5.1 kmThornhill5.1 kmGreen Acres5.6 kmBeechwood Park5.8 kmLeiblin Park6.2 kmWoodlawn Heights6.5 kmTam O'Shanter Ridge6.5 kmPort Wallace6.7 kmBurnside6.8 kmBridgeview7 kmSherwood Park7.8 kmEastern Passage8 kmSherwood Heights8.1 kmHerring Cove8.1 kmBeechville8.4 kmBirch Cove8.4 kmPrinces Lodge8.6 kmHumber Park9.1 kmHarrietsfield9.3 kmGoodwood9.3 kmColeRidge Estates9.7 kmFernleigh9.8 kmMontague Gold Mines9.8 kmLakeside9.8 kmKearney Lake9.9 kmGreenhead Road9.9 kmSouth East Passage10 kmParkdale11 kmPortobello11 kmCow Bay12 kmDevils Island12 kmBedford12 kmLake Major12 kmBear Cove12 kmRainbow Haven12 kmUpper Lawrencetown12 kmGreenwood Heights13 kmKillarney13 kmHatchet Lake14 kmTimberlea14 kmPortuguese Cove14 kmPreston14 kmHarmony Park14 kmLakeview14 kmNorth Preston15 kmOld Cobequid Road15 kmWilliamswood15 km
Halifax from above
Around Halifax32 places to see, do and reach nearby
Chocolate Lake, Nova ScotiaNature3.6 kmLake MicmacNature5.9 kmBayers LakeNature7.4 kmLovett Lake, Nova ScotiaNature8.5 kmKearney Lake, Nova ScotiaNature11 kmMaynard Lake, Nova ScotiaNature3.7 kmMcNabs IslandNature5.8 kmGeorges Island, Nova ScotiaNature1.4 kmKehoe MountainMountain31 kmEast Coast Scuba and WatersportsDive site12 kmHalifax Town ClockMonument0.5 kmSt. Paul's ChurchMonument0.6 kmFort Massey United ChurchMonument0.5 kmBank of Nova Scotia Building, HalifaxMonument0.7 kmProvince House, HalifaxMonument0.6 kmHalifax City HallMonument0.7 kmHalifax railway stationMonument0.8 kmHalifax Court HouseMonument0.3 kmArt Gallery of Nova ScotiaMuseum0.7 kmMaritime Museum of the AtlanticMuseum0.7 kmNova Scotia Museum of Natural HistoryMuseum0.7 kmCanadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21Museum1.0 kmDiscovery CentreMuseum0.5 kmHalifaxStation0.8 kmMetro Transit Ferry TerminalFerry port0.9 kmWoodside Ferry TerminalFerry port2.3 kmDartmouthPlace3.2 kmBedfordPlace12 kmLower SackvillePlace17 kmEastern PassagePlace8.0 kmSpryfieldPlace4.7 kmAlbro LakePlace4.6 km
Postal codes
B3HB3J
Getting to Halifax
Halifax / Stanfield International AirportYHZ
27 kmGreater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International AirportYQM
185 kmCharlottetown AirportYYG
186 kmHalifaxRailway station
0.8 kmMetro Transit Ferry TerminalDartmouth Ferry Terminal · Woodside Ferry Terminal
0.9 kmWoodside Ferry TerminalMetro Transit Ferry Terminal
2.3 kmPlaces near Halifax
Places with a climate like Halifax
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Halifax?
Based on 30-year climate normals, July, August and September offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Halifax.
What is the hottest month in Halifax?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 22°C and lows of 15°C.
What is the coldest month in Halifax?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of 0°C and lows of -8°C.
What is the rainiest month in Halifax?
July is the wettest month with about 106 mm of precipitation on 16 wet days.
How warm is the sea near Halifax?
The sea is warmest in August at about 17°C and coolest in March at about 1°C.
What is the postal code of Halifax?
Halifax has 2 postal codes: B3H, B3J.