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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kitchener
Kitchener climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest May–Jun · Sep
Annual mean7°day and night
Seasonal swing26°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation959 mm130 wet days a year
43.43° N, 80.51° WElevation 336 mUTC−4 · Eastern Daylight Time
When to goKitchener · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Sep
October: high / low14° / 4°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kitchener has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 27° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -2° and lows of -10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 26°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 959 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (84 mm, 13 wet days) and February the driest (69 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 29% in July to 58% in January.
Compared with Ottawa, the capital, Kitchener is 0.1° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · July
- Coldest nights
- -10° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 29% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 24 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 59 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -2° | -1° | 5° | 13° | 20° | 25° | 27° | 26° | 22° | 14° | 7° | 1° |
| Average low | -10° | -10° | -5° | 1° | 6° | 12° | 14° | 13° | 9° | 4° | -2° | -7° |
| Precipitation | 78 mm | 69 mm | 61 mm | 75 mm | 90 mm | 84 mm | 95 mm | 81 mm | 86 mm | 78 mm | 89 mm | 73 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.3 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 13 | 12.3 | 12.8 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 12.3 |
| Cloud cover | 58% | 50% | 45% | 43% | 40% | 34% | 29% | 30% | 36% | 42% | 52% | 58% |
| Daylight | 9h 19 | 10h 31 | 11h 53 | 13h 25 | 14h 41 | 15h 24 | 15h 06 | 13h 59 | 12h 32 | 11h 04 | 9h 42 | 8h 59 |
| Month score | 27 | 32 | 29 | 39 | 71 | 68 | 64 | 68 | 77 | 46 | 23 | 17 |
ivMonth by month
Kitchener in every month
January27
-2° / -10°
78 mm · 8.3 wet days
February32
-1° / -10°
69 mm · 7.7 wet days
March29
5° / -5°
61 mm · 9.5 wet days
April39
13° / 1°
75 mm · 11.7 wet days
May71
20° / 6°
90 mm · 10.5 wet days
June68
25° / 12°
84 mm · 13 wet days
July64
27° / 14°
95 mm · 12.3 wet days
August68
26° / 13°
81 mm · 12.8 wet days
September77
22° / 9°
86 mm · 8.7 wet days
October46
14° / 4°
78 mm · 12.7 wet days
November23
7° / -2°
89 mm · 10.8 wet days
December17
1° / -7°
73 mm · 12.3 wet days