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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Quebec
Quebec climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean5°day and night
Seasonal swing31°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,182 mm161 wet days a year
46.81° N, 71.21° WElevation 54 mUTC−4 · Eastern Daylight Time
When to goQuebec · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low11° / 3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Quebec 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 25° and nights 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -7° and lows of -16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 31°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 1,182 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (120 mm, 19 wet days) and September the driest (116 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 34% in August to 50% in November.
Compared with Ottawa, the capital, Quebec is 2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -16° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- August · 34% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 51 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 34 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 | -7° | -4° | 2° | 10° | 18° | 23° | 25° | 24° | 19° | 11° | 4° | -3° |
| Average low | -16° | -14° | -8° | -1° | 6° | 12° | 15° | 14° | 9° | 3° | -3° | -12° |
| Precipitation | 80 mm | 74 mm | 73 mm | 87 mm | 99 mm | 117 mm | 120 mm | 113 mm | 116 mm | 105 mm | 100 mm | 98 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 10.2 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 16.5 | 18.8 | 16.3 | 9.8 | 12.3 | 13.7 | 13.5 |
| Cloud cover | 47% | 46% | 45% | 45% | 42% | 39% | 35% | 34% | 39% | 44% | 50% | 50% |
| Daylight | 8h 57 | 10h 19 | 11h 52 | 13h 35 | 15h 02 | 15h 51 | 15h 30 | 14h 14 | 12h 35 | 10h 56 | 9h 24 | 8h 34 |
| Month score | 27 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 73 | 31 | 17 | 18 |
ivMonth by month
Quebec in every month
January27
-7° / -16°
80 mm · 10.2 wet days
February24
-4° / -14°
74 mm · 11.7 wet days
March23
2° / -8°
73 mm · 12.2 wet days
April22
10° / -1°
87 mm · 12.5 wet days
May63
18° / 6°
99 mm · 13.3 wet days
June63
23° / 12°
117 mm · 16.5 wet days
July65
25° / 15°
120 mm · 18.8 wet days
August65
24° / 14°
113 mm · 16.3 wet days
September73
19° / 9°
116 mm · 9.8 wet days
October31
11° / 3°
105 mm · 12.3 wet days
November17
4° / -3°
100 mm · 13.7 wet days
December18
-3° / -12°
98 mm · 13.5 wet days