Ideal weather days in Edmonton
The best time to visit Edmonton for warm, dry weather is July, August and September, with 20 to 22 such days a month.
How many days here suit you?
Set your ideal day. Each day measured at Edmonton's weather station in 2023–2025 is checked against it.
They're most common in July, August and September.
This station doesn't record cloud cover, so the sky setting is left out here.
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Your ideal days in Edmonton, month by month
Why the other days don't count
- Too cold213
- Too wet62
- Too windy38
- Too hot1
A day can fail more than one test.
Warm and dry, beach and mild days
With the Warm & dry preset (a high of 18–33 °C, no more than 1 mm of rain, wind under 20 km/h), Edmonton averaged 104 days a year in 2023–2025. Every number here is counted from real measured days in Canada, not from climate averages.
Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in July (up to 10 a month, 30 a year). Mild, still days (16–26 °C, light wind) are most common in September (up to 12 a month, 49 a year).
What spoils the other days
Most of the days that don't count are too cold (a high under 18 °C): 213 a year, mostly in October to April. Another 62 are wet (more than 1 mm of rain), mostly in June, July and August. A day can fail more than one test.
Edmonton weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Rain days | Windy days | Clear days | Warm & dry days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3 °C 27 °F | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 of 31 |
| February | -1 °C 29 °F | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 of 28 |
| March | 3 °C 37 °F | 5 | 3 | 12 | 0 of 31 |
| April | 14 °C 57 °F | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 of 30 |
| May | 21 °C 70 °F | 7 | 9 | 6 | 14 of 31 |
| June | 23 °C 73 °F | 12 | 6 | 5 | 16 of 30 |
| July | 25 °C 77 °F | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20 of 31 |
| August | 25 °C 77 °F | 11 | 1 | 6 | 22 of 31 |
| September | 22 °C 72 °F | 8 | 2 | 11 | 20 of 30 |
| October | 14 °C 56 °F | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 of 31 |
| November | 6 °C 43 °F | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 of 30 |
| December | 2 °C 36 °F | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 of 31 |
| Year | 78 | 38 | 92 | 104 of 365 |
Typical high is the median daily maximum. A rain day has 1 mm or more; a windy day a mean wind above 20 km/h; a clear day a daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average (9:00–17:00). Days are averaged over 2023–2025 and scaled to the length of each month.
Year by year
- 2023 117 warm, dry days
- 2024 94 warm, dry days
- 2025 incomplete (8 of 12 months)
Questions
When is the best time to visit Edmonton for good weather?
The best time to visit Edmonton for warm, dry weather is July, August and September, with 20 to 22 such days a month. Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in July (up to 10 a month, 30 a year). Counted from measured days at Edmonton International station, 2023–2025.
Does it rain a lot in Edmonton?
On average 78 days a year had 1 mm of rain or more in 2023–2025. The wettest month was June (12 rain days), the driest April (3).
How many sunny days does Edmonton get a year?
About 92 days a year had mostly clear skies (daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average, 9:00–17:00), most of them in March (12).
How warm does Edmonton get?
The median daily high ranged from -3 °C (27 °F) in January to 25 °C (77 °F) in July.
Nearby
- Calgary280 km117 days
- Regina700 km97 days
- Vancouver820 km108 days
- Seattle910 km, United States142 days
- Yellowknife990 km81 days
More cities in Canada
- Toronto 115 days
- Ottawa 113 days
- Montréal 111 days
- Halifax 98 days
- Whitehorse 67 days
- St. John's 34 days
- Iqaluit 6 days
Where is the best climate in Canada?
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Source: Edmonton International weather station (71123099999), 27 km from the centre of Edmonton, 723 m above sea level. Daily records from NOAA's Global Surface Summary of the Day, 2023–2025; 87% of days have a complete record. A single station may not represent every part of a city, and three years is a short record.