Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Weather Score #

Heat Seeker Score is a composite score designed for those who crave hot, sunny weather with minimal rainfall. It prioritizes high temperatures and abundant sunshine.

Perfect for sun worshippers, beach lovers, and those seeking warm, dry climates for outdoor activities and relaxation.

Formula optimized for hot weather enthusiasts who prefer temperatures above 25°C (77°F) with maximum sun exposure and minimal precipitation.

Key factors in the calculation:

High temperatures: Favors locations with warm to hot daily highs
Abundant sunshine: Rewards areas with maximum daylight hours
Low precipitation: Penalizes frequent rain and wet conditions
Warm nights: Considers comfortable evening temperatures

Temperatures #

Vancouver has the mildest winter temperatures, with average lows above freezing.
Winnipeg experiences the most extreme winter temperatures, with average lows dipping to -19.7°C in February and highs struggling to reach above -10°C.
Cities like Toronto, Hamilton, and Mississauga experience more moderate temperatures, especially during the summer months, with average highs within the comfort zone of 18-26°C; However, all cities except for Vancouver have discomfort low temperatures in winter months.
Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Montreal and Ottawa have similar temperatures.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Toronto	Montreal	Vancouver	Calgary	Edmonton	Ottawa	Winnipeg	Quebec City	Hamilton	Mississauga
Jan	-1.6°C	-4.9°C	6.1°C	-3.6°C	-6.8°C	-4.8°C	-10.5°C	-6.6°C	-0.4°C	-1.3°C
Feb	-0.1°C	-2.8°C	5.6°C	-5.3°C	-8.0°C	-2.7°C	-10.4°C	-4.7°C	0.9°C	0.2°C
Mar	4.1°C	2.1°C	8.7°C	1.8°C	-1.0°C	2.0°C	-1.4°C	-0.1°C	4.8°C	4.4°C
Apr	10.0°C	10.3°C	11.5°C	8.1°C	7.5°C	9.7°C	7.3°C	7.1°C	9.9°C	10.2°C
May	17.1°C	18.5°C	16.4°C	16.2°C	16.4°C	17.6°C	17.5°C	16.4°C	16.8°C	17.3°C
Jun	22.6°C	23.1°C	18.6°C	19.8°C	19.5°C	22.4°C	23.1°C	21.1°C	22.6°C	23.0°C
Jul	26.2°C	26.7°C	21.9°C	24.1°C	22.9°C	26.0°C	26.0°C	24.4°C	26.2°C	26.5°C
Aug	25.6°C	25.4°C	22.1°C	24.2°C	22.7°C	24.6°C	26.0°C	23.0°C	25.4°C	25.8°C
Sep	22.4°C	21.7°C	18.3°C	18.6°C	17.5°C	21.2°C	21.1°C	19.3°C	22.4°C	22.6°C
Oct	15.1°C	14.5°C	13.3°C	10.3°C	9.5°C	13.7°C	10.6°C	12.3°C	15.5°C	15.3°C
Nov	7.0°C	5.1°C	8.6°C	1.4°C	-0.9°C	4.9°C	-0.4°C	3.0°C	7.6°C	7.2°C
Dec	1.9°C	-0.8°C	6.1°C	-3.5°C	-6.1°C	-1.0°C	-7.3°C	-2.7°C	2.8°C	2.1°C
Average	9.3°C	7.8°C	12.9°C	12.8°C	11.6°C	11.1°C	9.4°C	12.5°C	13.1°C	8.5°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Toronto	Montreal	Vancouver	Calgary	Edmonton	Ottawa	Winnipeg	Quebec City	Hamilton	Mississauga
Jan	-7.2°C	-12.8°C	3.1°C	-11.7°C	-14.4°C	-12.9°C	-18.8°C	-15.0°C	-5.7°C	-6.9°C
Feb	-6.8°C	-11.5°C	1.7°C	-14.3°C	-16.6°C	-11.7°C	-19.7°C	-14.6°C	-5.3°C	-6.6°C
Mar	-2.4°C	-5.2°C	4.0°C	-7.7°C	-9.4°C	-5.8°C	-10.1°C	-8.2°C	-1.6°C	-2.2°C
Apr	3.1°C	2.2°C	6.4°C	-1.7°C	-1.5°C	1.2°C	-1.8°C	-0.9°C	3.3°C	3.1°C
May	9.0°C	9.0°C	10.0°C	5.1°C	6.4°C	7.5°C	7.3°C	6.1°C	9.2°C	9.0°C
Jun	14.5°C	14.3°C	12.1°C	8.7°C	10.1°C	12.9°C	13.1°C	11.4°C	14.9°C	14.5°C
Jul	18.1°C	17.8°C	14.5°C	11.6°C	12.6°C	16.3°C	15.6°C	15.0°C	18.4°C	18.1°C
Aug	18.0°C	17.0°C	15.2°C	11.2°C	11.9°C	15.3°C	14.8°C	14.1°C	18.0°C	17.9°C
Sep	14.7°C	13.1°C	12.9°C	7.3°C	7.4°C	11.7°C	11.1°C	10.3°C	14.8°C	14.6°C
Oct	8.5°C	7.4°C	8.7°C	0.0°C	0.7°C	6.0°C	2.9°C	4.8°C	8.7°C	8.5°C
Nov	1.6°C	-0.7°C	5.0°C	-7.0°C	-8.2°C	-1.7°C	-6.8°C	-3.4°C	2.0°C	1.5°C
Dec	-2.5°C	-6.4°C	2.7°C	-11.0°C	-13.2°C	-6.7°C	-14.1°C	-9.6°C	-1.6°C	-2.3°C
Average	-0.8°C	-1.2°C	6.3°C	5.8°C	3.7°C	2.7°C	0.8°C	5.7°C	8.0°C	-0.5°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions #

Montreal experiences a notably higher precipitation level, especially in the winter months, compared to other cities like Edmonton and Winnipeg, which have lower average rain and snow. In terms of sunshine hours, Edmonton stands out with a peak of 10.1 hours in July, significantly higher than Vancouver, which while having extended summer days, sees a dramatic drop in sunlight during the rainy fall and winter.
Mississauga and Toronto have similar sunlight patterns, although Mississauga tends to have marginally higher sunshine hours throughout most months. Notably, Vancouver and Quebec City have the lowest sunshine in January and December, which correlates with high precipitation levels during those months.

Sunny Weather

Period	Toronto	Montreal	Vancouver	Calgary	Edmonton	Ottawa	Winnipeg	Quebec City	Hamilton	Mississauga
Jan	1.3 hours/day	1.8 hours/day	1.7 hours/day	3.3 hours/day	2.2 hours/day	1.7 hours/day	1.0 hours/day	1.8 hours/day	1.5 hours/day	1.4 hours/day
Feb	1.8 hours/day	1.4 hours/day	2.0 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	2.1 hours/day	1.6 hours/day	1.3 hours/day	1.3 hours/day	1.9 hours/day	1.9 hours/day
Mar	2.7 hours/day	2.3 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	2.3 hours/day	2.0 hours/day	2.0 hours/day	2.9 hours/day	2.8 hours/day
Apr	3.5 hours/day	2.7 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	5.0 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	2.9 hours/day	3.6 hours/day	2.7 hours/day	3.7 hours/day	3.5 hours/day
May	5.9 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	6.3 hours/day	6.3 hours/day	6.3 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	6.4 hours/day	5.6 hours/day	6.0 hours/day	5.8 hours/day
Jun	7.2 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	6.7 hours/day	7.3 hours/day	6.1 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	6.6 hours/day	5.6 hours/day	7.3 hours/day	7.4 hours/day
Jul	7.6 hours/day	7.1 hours/day	10.7 hours/day	9.7 hours/day	7.5 hours/day	7.5 hours/day	8.7 hours/day	6.4 hours/day	7.7 hours/day	7.7 hours/day
Aug	6.9 hours/day	6.1 hours/day	9.1 hours/day	9.3 hours/day	7.7 hours/day	6.1 hours/day	8.4 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	7.0 hours/day	6.7 hours/day
Sep	6.4 hours/day	5.9 hours/day	5.7 hours/day	6.8 hours/day	5.7 hours/day	6.2 hours/day	6.3 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	6.5 hours/day	6.4 hours/day
Oct	3.7 hours/day	3.5 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	3.3 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	3.4 hours/day	3.6 hours/day	3.7 hours/day
Nov	2.3 hours/day	2.3 hours/day	1.9 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	2.4 hours/day	2.2 hours/day	1.9 hours/day	2.0 hours/day	2.7 hours/day	2.4 hours/day
Dec	1.4 hours/day	1.7 hours/day	1.6 hours/day	3.4 hours/day	2.8 hours/day	1.9 hours/day	1.7 hours/day	1.8 hours/day	1.4 hours/day	1.4 hours/day
Average	5.6 hours/day	4.5 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	3.6 hours/day	4.2 hours/day	4.7 hours/day	4.3 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Toronto	Montreal	Vancouver	Calgary	Edmonton	Ottawa	Winnipeg	Quebec City	Hamilton	Mississauga
Jan	3.1mm	4.4mm	11.8mm	0.3mm	1.0mm	4.2mm	0.8mm	4.5mm	3.3mm	3.0mm
Feb	3.9mm	5.2mm	6.9mm	0.9mm	0.7mm	4.6mm	0.7mm	5.6mm	4.4mm	3.9mm
Mar	3.1mm	4.6mm	7.8mm	1.2mm	1.1mm	4.7mm	1.3mm	5.5mm	3.3mm	3.0mm
Apr	3.6mm	4.7mm	6.7mm	1.6mm	1.1mm	4.7mm	2.2mm	4.8mm	4.2mm	3.9mm
May	2.6mm	3.2mm	3.5mm	2.8mm	2.4mm	3.4mm	2.3mm	3.4mm	2.9mm	2.7mm
Jun	3.1mm	4.7mm	3.3mm	4.4mm	4.8mm	3.8mm	3.4mm	5.1mm	3.1mm	3.4mm
Jul	3.0mm	3.9mm	1.1mm	2.1mm	3.6mm	3.9mm	2.4mm	4.1mm	3.5mm	3.1mm
Aug	2.4mm	4.5mm	1.5mm	1.8mm	2.1mm	3.5mm	2.0mm	5.0mm	2.6mm	2.7mm
Sep	1.9mm	3.6mm	5.5mm	1.2mm	1.2mm	2.7mm	3.2mm	3.7mm	2.2mm	2.0mm
Oct	2.6mm	4.5mm	9.5mm	1.1mm	0.8mm	3.9mm	1.9mm	4.8mm	2.9mm	2.6mm
Nov	2.5mm	4.0mm	14.1mm	1.2mm	1.6mm	3.8mm	1.3mm	5.1mm	2.7mm	2.5mm
Dec	3.3mm	4.8mm	11.5mm	0.9mm	1.1mm	4.7mm	1.2mm	5.5mm	3.3mm	3.1mm
Average	1.6mm	1.8mm	3.2mm	3.0mm	4.3mm	4.0mm	4.8mm	2.9mm	6.9mm	1.9mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Toronto	Montreal	Vancouver	Calgary	Edmonton	Ottawa	Winnipeg	Quebec City	Hamilton	Mississauga
Jan	19.9km/h	17.4km/h	15.9km/h	17.7km/h	17.5km/h	18.0km/h	19.1km/h	17.5km/h	23.5km/h	21.1km/h
Feb	20.8km/h	19.6km/h	15.6km/h	16.5km/h	16.7km/h	18.9km/h	19.6km/h	18.3km/h	24.8km/h	22.3km/h
Mar	21.8km/h	19.6km/h	15.6km/h	16.7km/h	16.7km/h	19.9km/h	21.0km/h	17.9km/h	24.6km/h	22.7km/h
Apr	21.1km/h	20.3km/h	15.3km/h	18.7km/h	19.9km/h	20.2km/h	22.3km/h	19.0km/h	22.7km/h	21.7km/h
May	17.8km/h	18.4km/h	13.1km/h	19.2km/h	19.9km/h	17.0km/h	22.1km/h	17.1km/h	18.9km/h	18.2km/h
Jun	17.5km/h	17.6km/h	12.7km/h	19.4km/h	19.6km/h	16.1km/h	21.0km/h	16.0km/h	18.6km/h	17.9km/h
Jul	15.6km/h	16.0km/h	11.8km/h	17.6km/h	17.6km/h	14.4km/h	19.5km/h	14.7km/h	16.6km/h	16.0km/h
Aug	16.0km/h	15.2km/h	11.7km/h	18.0km/h	18.2km/h	14.1km/h	19.6km/h	13.9km/h	17.1km/h	16.3km/h
Sep	16.6km/h	15.5km/h	12.8km/h	17.3km/h	18.8km/h	14.5km/h	23.2km/h	14.6km/h	18.7km/h	17.1km/h
Oct	19.6km/h	17.8km/h	14.1km/h	18.1km/h	19.7km/h	17.2km/h	22.7km/h	16.2km/h	22.2km/h	20.1km/h
Nov	20.7km/h	18.9km/h	16.5km/h	17.9km/h	17.0km/h	18.9km/h	20.9km/h	17.2km/h	23.9km/h	21.6km/h
Dec	20.3km/h	18.5km/h	16.2km/h	16.2km/h	15.8km/h	18.0km/h	19.4km/h	17.1km/h	23.4km/h	21.0km/h
Average	17.8km/h	18.1km/h	21.2km/h	19.7km/h	17.9km/h	17.3km/h	16.6km/h	19.0km/h	14.3km/h	20.9km/h

Humidity

Period	Toronto	Montreal	Vancouver	Calgary	Edmonton	Ottawa	Winnipeg	Quebec City	Hamilton	Mississauga
Jan	81.0%	88.3%	83.3%	80.3%	88.2%	87.3%	91.4%	88.6%	79.5%	80.7%
Feb	80.5%	87.9%	78.2%	81.5%	87.7%	87.4%	90.4%	89.5%	79.7%	80.3%
Mar	73.2%	80.3%	79.7%	76.4%	86.1%	81.4%	84.7%	87.9%	73.2%	73.5%
Apr	70.1%	70.1%	75.9%	65.6%	68.2%	76.8%	69.9%	79.5%	72.8%	71.8%
May	69.3%	67.6%	75.5%	62.6%	64.0%	75.7%	61.0%	71.2%	73.7%	71.8%
Jun	69.9%	71.7%	75.9%	66.0%	73.1%	78.6%	71.8%	77.9%	72.9%	71.7%
Jul	69.3%	70.0%	74.8%	66.1%	73.5%	76.0%	68.6%	79.3%	72.6%	71.0%
Aug	67.3%	69.1%	76.2%	58.7%	66.4%	76.7%	58.8%	79.6%	71.5%	69.2%
Sep	68.4%	68.5%	78.9%	59.0%	65.4%	75.4%	58.7%	78.7%	71.4%	70.0%
Oct	70.5%	70.7%	79.0%	63.1%	65.8%	77.4%	66.6%	78.4%	72.3%	71.7%
Nov	73.3%	74.8%	80.5%	74.6%	82.3%	79.4%	82.5%	81.3%	73.8%	74.1%
Dec	79.5%	79.7%	81.8%	78.4%	83.9%	83.0%	89.9%	84.8%	79.2%	79.5%
Average	69.4%	75.4%	74.4%	73.8%	74.9%	79.6%	81.4%	72.7%	78.3%	74.5%

Daylight Hours #

The cities exhibit significant variation in sunrise, sunset, and day length throughout the year. Notably, Calgary enjoys the longest day length at 16 hours and 28 minutes in June, while Edmonton follows closely behind at 16 hours and 57 minutes during the same period.
Conversely, December brings the shortest day lengths, with Winnipeg experiencing an extremely brief day lasting only 8 hours and 10 minutes. Meanwhile, Quebec City has the earliest sunrise overall at 4:51 in June, illustrating the diverse daylight experiences across these Canadian cities.

Sunrise Time

Period	Toronto	Montreal	Vancouver	Calgary	Edmonton	Ottawa	Winnipeg	Quebec City	Hamilton	Mississauga
Jan	7:47	7:29	7:59	8:31	8:39	7:37	8:18	7:23	7:47	7:47
Feb	7:16	6:55	7:20	7:49	7:52	7:04	7:38	6:49	7:17	7:16
Mar	7:07	6:43	7:02	7:26	7:24	6:52	7:18	6:34	7:08	7:07
Apr	6:34	6:08	6:20	6:40	6:33	6:17	6:35	5:57	6:37	6:35
May	5:52	5:24	5:29	5:46	5:33	5:32	5:43	5:10	5:55	5:53
Jun	5:37	5:07	5:08	5:23	5:06	5:16	5:22	4:52	5:40	5:38
Jul	5:52	5:22	5:26	5:41	5:27	5:31	5:40	5:08	5:55	5:52
Aug	6:23	5:56	6:06	6:25	6:16	6:05	6:20	5:44	6:26	6:24
Sep	6:58	6:34	6:50	7:13	7:09	6:42	7:06	6:23	6:59	6:58
Oct	7:34	7:13	7:36	8:02	8:04	7:21	7:53	7:05	7:35	7:34
Nov	7:22	7:02	7:32	8:02	8:10	7:11	7:50	6:57	7:22	7:22
Dec	7:44	7:27	8:01	8:32	8:43	7:35	8:19	7:23	7:44	7:45
Average	7:06	7:06	6:54	6:48	6:24	6:36	6:18	6:48	6:42	7:00

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Toronto	Montreal	Vancouver	Calgary	Edmonton	Ottawa	Winnipeg	Quebec City	Hamilton	Mississauga
Jan	17:08	16:39	16:44	17:01	16:48	16:48	16:58	16:25	17:11	17:09
Feb	17:48	17:22	17:33	17:53	17:45	17:30	17:47	17:10	17:50	17:49
Mar	19:04	18:41	18:59	19:22	19:19	18:49	19:14	18:31	19:06	19:05
Apr	20:02	19:41	20:06	20:34	20:37	19:50	20:23	19:34	20:03	20:02
May	20:37	20:19	20:50	21:22	21:30	20:27	21:09	20:14	20:37	20:38
Jun	21:01	20:44	21:19	21:52	22:04	20:52	21:38	20:40	21:01	21:01
Jul	20:55	20:38	21:10	21:43	21:52	20:46	21:29	20:33	20:55	20:55
Aug	20:19	19:59	20:26	20:54	20:59	20:07	20:43	19:53	20:20	20:19
Sep	19:27	19:04	19:24	19:49	19:48	19:13	19:41	18:55	19:28	19:28
Oct	18:32	18:07	18:20	18:41	18:35	18:16	18:35	17:56	18:35	18:34
Nov	17:01	16:33	16:40	16:57	16:46	16:41	16:54	16:20	17:04	17:02
Dec	16:43	16:13	16:16	16:32	16:17	16:22	16:29	15:59	16:46	16:44
Average	19:24	19:24	19:06	19:06	18:42	18:48	18:30	19:06	19:00	19:18

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Toronto	Montreal	Vancouver	Calgary	Edmonton	Ottawa	Winnipeg	Quebec City	Hamilton	Mississauga
Jan	9:21 hours	9:10 hours	8:45 hours	8:31 hours	8:09 hours	9:11 hours	8:40 hours	9:02 hours	9:25 hours	9:22 hours
Feb	10:32 hours	10:22 hours	10:13 hours	10:04 hours	9:53 hours	10:26 hours	10:09 hours	10:10 hours	10:34 hours	10:32 hours
Mar	11:58 hours	11:41 hours	11:57 hours	11:56 hours	11:55 hours	11:49 hours	11:56 hours	11:31 hours	11:58 hours	11:58 hours
Apr	13:02 hours	12:41 hours	13:06 hours	13:34 hours	13:37 hours	12:50 hours	13:23 hours	12:34 hours	13:03 hours	13:02 hours
May	13:37 hours	13:19 hours	13:50 hours	14:22 hours	14:30 hours	13:27 hours	14:09 hours	13:14 hours	13:37 hours	13:38 hours
Jun	14:01 hours	13:44 hours	14:19 hours	14:52 hours	15:04 hours	13:52 hours	14:38 hours	13:40 hours	14:01 hours	14:01 hours
Jul	13:55 hours	13:38 hours	14:10 hours	14:43 hours	14:52 hours	13:46 hours	14:29 hours	13:33 hours	13:55 hours	13:55 hours
Aug	13:19 hours	12:59 hours	13:26 hours	13:54 hours	13:59 hours	13:07 hours	13:43 hours	12:53 hours	13:20 hours	13:19 hours
Sep	12:27 hours	12:04 hours	12:24 hours	12:35 hours	12:39 hours	12:13 hours	12:35 hours	11:55 hours	12:28 hours	12:28 hours
Oct	10:59 hours	10:55 hours	10:44 hours	10:39 hours	10:31 hours	10:55 hours	10:43 hours	10:52 hours	10:60 hours	10:59 hours
Nov	9:40 hours	9:31 hours	9:07 hours	8:55 hours	8:36 hours	9:31 hours	9:04 hours	9:20 hours	9:43 hours	9:40 hours
Dec	8:58 hours	8:46 hours	8:16 hours	7:59 hours	7:34 hours	8:47 hours	8:10 hours	8:37 hours	9:02 hours	8:59 hours
Average	11:48 hours	11:48 hours	11:48 hours	11:48 hours	11:36 hours	11:42 hours	11:24 hours	11:48 hours	11:42 hours	11:48 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.

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