Toronto month by month
Plan your visit to Toronto by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
Toronto's measured year covers a 26-degree range. January averages 0°C. July reaches 26°C. February barely moves to 1°C, March rises to 6°C, and April is the first month in double digits at 11°C. May jumps 7 degrees to 18°C. June through August hold between 24°C and 26°C. September sits at 22°C, then October falls to 16°C, November to 8°C, December to 3°C.
All 12 month guides are published beneath this index. April's 13 rain days make it the wettest month measured, while September's 8 make it the driest. A July or August trip means 25°C to 26°C highs with 10 to 12 rain days per month. Open September's page if you'd rather have 22°C and fewer wet days, or try May's guide for the month where Toronto's temperatures shift by 7 degrees in a single step.
September averages 22°C with 8 rain days, the warmest month outside the June-through-August peak and the driest in Toronto's measured year.
- January
- High
- 0°C
- Low
- -7°C
- Rain
- 63 mm
January in Toronto is cold. Not chilly, not brisk. Cold. The average high sits at -0.5°C (31°F), and overnight lows regularly drop to -6.8°C (20°F) or worse when Arctic air funnels…
- February
- High
- 1°C
- Low
- -7°C
- Rain
- 64 mm
February in Toronto is cold. Not pleasantly crisp, not romantically snowy half the time, but genuinely, bone-deep cold. Average highs hover near 0.8°C (33°F) and lows drop to…
- March
- High
- 6°C
- Low
- -2°C
- Rain
- 70 mm
March in Toronto is the tail end of winter pretending to be spring. You'll likely see temperatures swing from -2°C (28°F) overnight to around 6°C (43°F) during the day, with grey…
- April
- High
- 11°C
- Low
- 3°C
- Rain
- 92 mm
April in Toronto is a month of false starts. You might arrive to 14°C (57°F) sunshine on a Tuesday and wake to sleet on Wednesday morning. The city sits in that awkward threshold…
- May
- High
- 18°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 77 mm
May is when Toronto finally shakes off six months of grey. The city's 2.9 million residents pour onto patios, into parks, and along the waterfront with a kind of collective relief…
- June
- High
- 24°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 97 mm
June is when Toronto finally exhales. The long winter and the uncertain spring are done, and the city commits fully to outdoor life. Daytime temperatures hover around 23.9°C…
- July
- High
- 26°C
- Low
- 18°C
- Rain
- 88 mm
July is Toronto's peak summer month, and the single most important thing to know is that the city turns itself inside out. Patios fill every sidewalk along King West and Queen…
- August
- High
- 25°C
- Low
- 17°C
- Rain
- 72 mm
August in Toronto is defined by the Canadian National Exhibition opening its gates at Exhibition Place, typically around mid-month. The CNE has run since 1879 and still draws over…
- September
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 64 mm
September might be the single best month to visit Toronto. The Toronto International Film Festival takes over the downtown core for roughly 11 days starting around September 4, and…
- October
- High
- 16°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 77 mm
October might be Toronto's most photogenic month. The sugar maples across High Park, the Don Valley ravines, and residential streets in Rosedale and Cabbagetown turn deep orange…
- November
- High
- 8°C
- Low
- 2°C
- Rain
- 51 mm
November in Toronto is grey. That single word captures the month better than any temperature reading. Daytime highs average around 8°C (47°F), and overnight lows drop to about 2°C…
- December
- High
- 3°C
- Low
- -3°C
- Rain
- 86 mm
December in Toronto is cold and dark. That is the first thing you need to know. The sun sets before 4:45pm, temperatures hover around 3°C (37°F) during the day and drop to -3°C…