Montreal, Quebec Climate & Temperature
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada is at 45°30'N, 73°25'W, 27 m (90 ft). See map.
- Montreal, Quebec has a humid continental climate with severe winters, no dry season, warm summers and strong seasonality (Köppen-Geiger classification: Dfb).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Montreal, Quebec is situated in or near the cool temperate moist forest biome.
- The annual mean temperature is 5.9 degrees Celsius (42.6 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 30.8 °C (55.4°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype truly continental.
- In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach -4.1°C (24.6°F) on average falling to -13.4°C (7.9°F) overnight.
- In spring time temperatures climb reaching 10.7°C (51.3°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of -0.1°C (31.8°F).
- During summer average high temperatures are 25.1°C (77.1°F) and average low temperatures are 13.2°C (55.8°F).
- Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 12.8°C (55°F) during the day and lows of 2.9°C (37.3°F) generally shortly after sunrise.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 1016.5 mm (40 inches) which is equivalent to 1016.5 Litres/m² (24.93 Gallons/ft²).
- On average there are 1860 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Montreal, Quebec you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Albany, Western Australia, Australia where you would find a Mediterranean climate.
Montreal, Quebec Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) | -6 (22) | -4 (25) | 2 (36) | 11 (52) | 19 (66) | 24 (75) | 27 (80) | 25 (77) | 20 (68) | 13 (56) | 5 (42) | -3 (27) | 11 (52) | ||
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | -10 (14) | -9 (16) | -2 (28) | 6 (42) | 13 (55) | 18 (64) | 21 (69) | 19 (66) | 14 (58) | 8 (46) | 1 (35) | -7 (19) | 6 (43) | ||
| Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) | -15 (5) | -14 (7) | -7 (19) | 0 (32) | 7 (44) | 12 (53) | 15 (58) | 13 (56) | 8 (47) | 3 (37) | -3 (28) | -11 (12) | 1 (33) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 74 (3) | 65 (3) | 74 (3) | 78 (3) | 75 (3) | 87 (3) | 90 (4) | 104 (4) | 90 (4) | 79 (3) | 101 (4) | 99 (4) | 1017 (40) | ||
| Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %) | 17 (55) | 15 (53) | 15 (48) | 14 (47) | 13 (42) | 12 (40) | 13 (42) | 10 (32) | 13 (43) | 12 (39) | 15 (50) | 17 (55) | 166 (46) | ||
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 2h 46' | 3h 38' | 4h 32' | 5h 14' | 6h 44' | 7h 42' | 8h 09' | 7h 44' | 5h 34' | 4h 17' | 2h 22' | 2h 13' | 5h 05' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 9h 08' | 10h 18' | 11h 50' | 13h 29' | 14h 53' | 15h 36' | 15h 17' | 14h 04' | 12h 29' | 10h 51' | 9h 27' | 8h 45' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 31 (69) | 36 (64) | 39 (61) | 39 (61) | 46 (54) | 50 (50) | 54 (46) | 56 (44) | 45 (55) | 40 (60) | 26 (74) | 26 (74) | 42 (58) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 24.7 | 34 | 44.9 | 56.5 | 64.7 | 67.9 | 64.8 | 56.5 | 45 | 33.6 | 24.4 | 21.1 | 44.8 |
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