Sooke climate by month
What the weather is like
Sooke has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 22° and nights 12°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 7° and lows of 2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 12°.
About 1,534 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (265 mm, 20 wet days) and July the driest (28 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 25% in August to 54% in January.
The sea reaches about 12° 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, Sooke is 3.2° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 22° · August
- Coldest nights
- 2° · January
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- August · 25% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 12° · August
- Longest day
- 16 h 05 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 21 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° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 14° | 10° | 7° |
| Average low | 2° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 10° | 7° | 4° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 246 mm | 174 mm | 130 mm | 98 mm | 56 mm | 44 mm | 28 mm | 33 mm | 54 mm | 166 mm | 265 mm | 240 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 19.6 | 16.1 | 19.2 | 15.1 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 10.3 | 15.9 | 19.9 | 19.9 |
| Cloud cover | 54% | 49% | 48% | 44% | 39% | 35% | 26% | 25% | 28% | 42% | 52% | 53% |
| Sea temperature | 8° | 8° | 8° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 10° | 9° | 9° |
| Daylight | 8h 46 | 10h 14 | 11h 51 | 13h 40 | 15h 13 | 16h 05 | 15h 43 | 14h 21 | 12h 37 | 10h 52 | 9h 14 | 8h 21 |
| Month score | 15 | 17 | 21 | 39 | 63 | 75 | 90 | 88 | 76 | 42 | 16 | 15 |