Edmonton month by month
Plan your visit to Edmonton by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- -6°C
- Low
- -13°C
- Rain
- 25 mm
January in Edmonton is cold. Not figuratively, not relatively. The average high sits at -5.7°C (22°F) and the average low drops to -13.5°C (8°F), and those are the averages. Cold…
- February
- High
- -7°C
- Low
- -16°C
- Rain
- 17 mm
February in Edmonton is cold. Not the kind of cold that makes you zip up your jacket, but the kind that freezes exposed skin in under 10 minutes. Average highs sit around -7°C…
- March
- High
- 0°C
- Low
- -9°C
- Rain
- 23 mm
March in Edmonton is still winter. That is the single most important thing to know. The average high barely reaches -0.1°C (32°F), the average low drops to -9°C (16°F), and snow…
- April
- High
- 10°C
- Low
- -1°C
- Rain
- 28 mm
April in Edmonton is still winter's hangover. That's the honest starting point. Daytime highs reach about 9.7°C (49°F) and nights still drop to -1.4°C (29°F), which means the snow…
- May
- High
- 18°C
- Low
- 6°C
- Rain
- 60 mm
May is when Edmonton genuinely thaws. After roughly 6 months where temperatures regularly dropped below -20°C (-4°F), the city exhales when daytime highs reach 17.6°C (64°F) and…
- June
- High
- 21°C
- Low
- 11°C
- Rain
- 100 mm
The defining fact about Edmonton in June is the light. At 53.5°N latitude, the city gets roughly 17 hours of daylight around the summer solstice on June 21. The sun doesn't set…
- July
- High
- 24°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 90 mm
July is Edmonton's showpiece month, and the city knows it. After enduring 5 months below freezing, Edmontonians treat July like a collective exhale. You'll find average highs…
- August
- High
- 23°C
- Low
- 13°C
- Rain
- 79 mm
August is when Edmonton earns its keep. The city runs three major festivals in roughly 30 days, and the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, which fills Old Strathcona…
- September
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 28 mm
September in Edmonton is the quiet exhale after the city's short, packed summer. The Fringe Festival ended in late August, K-Days finished back in July, and the Heritage Festival…
- October
- High
- 11°C
- Low
- 2°C
- Rain
- 21 mm
October in Edmonton is the last gasp of autumn before winter clamps down hard. The single most important thing to know is that Canadian Thanksgiving falls on the second Monday of…
- November
- High
- 0°C
- Low
- -7°C
- Rain
- 24 mm
November is when Edmonton commits to winter. The average high hovers at 0.1°C (32°F) and the average low drops to -7.2°C (19°F), while the sun sets before 4:45 PM by month's end.…
- December
- High
- -8°C
- Low
- -16°C
- Rain
- 36 mm
December in Edmonton is defined by cold. Not a mild, damp chill, but genuine prairie cold where the average high sits at -8°C (17°F) and nighttime lows drop to -16°C (3°F). Wind…