Best Time to Visit Calgary

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On this page, you will find information about the climate and the best time to visit Calgary. We created climate tables and charts for the location of Calgary. These contain details about temperatures, precipitation and more.

Furthermore, we analyzed all climate data and provide a recommendation about which months are best to visit Calgary for your holiday.

Climate Overview

Thermometer Symbol -13 °C to 23 °C
Rainy Cloud Symbol 0.353.7 in (7 – 14 Days of Rain)
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Best Time to Visit Calgary: Overview

JanuaryJan
MaximumMax.1 °C
FebruaryFeb
MaximumMax. 1 °C
MarchMar
MaximumMax. 4 °C
AprilApr
MaximumMax. 11 °C
MayMay
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OctoberOct
MaximumMax. 12 °C
NovemberNov
MaximumMax. 3 °C
DecemberDec
MaximumMax.1 °C

Climate Chart Calgary

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Source of Data: German Weather Service (Offenbach) and Wikipedia

Climate Table Calgary

In the following, you will find the climate table for Calgary, containing information about Temperatures, Precipitation, and Hours of Sunshine.

Temperatures, Precipitation, Sunshine

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Day Temperature-1°11°16°20°23°23°18°12°-1°
Night Temperature-13°-11°-8°-2°10°-1°-8°-13°
Precipitation (inch)0.370.370.70.992.243.72.582.242.130.60.520.4
Rainy days7799111413119787
Hours of Sunshine4567891097644
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Temperatures
The annual average temperature is 4.4 °C.

For comparison: London 11 °C, NYC 12 °C, LA 17.9 °C

Warmest month: July (16.5 °C)
Coldest month: January (-7.1 °C)

Precipitation
Overall annual precipitation: 16.84 inch on 112 rainy days

For comparison: London 24.06 in, NYC 41.57 in, LA 12.01 in

There is no rainy season (months with more than 6.9 in of precipitation).

Months that have possible snowfall: all except June, July, and August

Sunshine
As our climate table shows, July is the sunniest month with an average of 10.1 hours of sunshine per day. Over the year, there are 6.6 hours of sunshine per day on average. For comparison: London has 4.1, NYC has 7 and LA has 8.9 hours of sunshine per day on average.

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Current Weather and Forecast

Current Weather in Calgary
broken clouds     broken clouds, 5.8 °C
Clouds: 75 %       Wind: 10 mph W
Air Pressure: 1008 hPa       Humidity: 50 %
Last updated: 7th Feb 2023, 10:38 pm
The next days …
8th Feb 20239th Feb 202310th Feb 202311th Feb 202312th Feb 202313th Feb 2023
light snow-9 °C to -1 °Covercast clouds-11 °C to -1 °Cfew clouds-5 °C to 4 °Cbroken clouds-6 °C to 0 °Cbroken clouds-4 °C to 3 °Clight snow-6 °C to -1 °C
-9 °C to -1 °C-11 °C to -1 °C-5 °C to 4 °C-6 °C to 0 °C-4 °C to 3 °C-6 °C to -1 °C
Clouds: 100 %Clouds: 96 %Clouds: 23 %Clouds: 83 %Clouds: 69 %Clouds: 98 %
0.01 in of snowNo PrecipitationNo PrecipitationNo PrecipitationNo Precipitation0.01 in of snow
Weather information provided by OpenWeatherMap. (CC BY-SA)
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Canada: Regions

Calgary is part of the holiday destination Canada. We analyzed the climate for additional regions, in order to provide you with information about the best time to visit and the expected holiday weather:

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