Ideal weather days in Halifax
The best time to visit Halifax for warm, dry weather is July, August and September, with 19 to 22 such days a month.
How many days here suit you?
Set your ideal day. Each day measured at Halifax'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 Halifax, month by month
Why the other days don't count
- Too cold221
- Too wet117
- Too windy97
- 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), Halifax averaged 98 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, 25 a year). Mild, still days (16–26 °C, light wind) are most common in August and September (up to 10 a month, 36 a year).
What spoils the other days
Most of the days that don't count are too cold (a high under 18 °C): 221 a year, mostly in October to April. Another 117 are wet (more than 1 mm of rain), mostly in June to August and October to March. A day can fail more than one test.
Halifax weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Rain days | Windy days | Clear days | Warm & dry days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 °C 33 °F | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 of 31 |
| February | 1 °C 33 °F | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 of 28 |
| March | 6 °C 43 °F | 13 | 15 | 4 | 0 of 31 |
| April | 12 °C 54 °F | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 of 30 |
| May | 18 °C 64 °F | 8 | 9 | 6 | 11 of 31 |
| June | 23 °C 73 °F | 11 | 6 | 6 | 15 of 30 |
| July | 27 °C 81 °F | 10 | 2 | 5 | 22 of 31 |
| August | 25 °C 76 °F | 10 | 3 | 9 | 21 of 31 |
| September | 22 °C 72 °F | 9 | 3 | 8 | 19 of 30 |
| October | 17 °C 62 °F | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 of 31 |
| November | 8 °C 46 °F | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 of 30 |
| December | 4 °C 38 °F | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 of 31 |
| Year | 129 | 97 | 64 | 98 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 86 warm, dry days
- 2024 103 warm, dry days
- 2025 incomplete (8 of 12 months)
Questions
When is the best time to visit Halifax for good weather?
The best time to visit Halifax for warm, dry weather is July, August and September, with 19 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, 25 a year). Counted from measured days at Halifax International Stanfield International station, 2023–2025.
Does it rain a lot in Halifax?
On average 129 days a year had 1 mm of rain or more in 2023–2025. The wettest month was December (15 rain days), the driest May (8).
How many sunny days does Halifax get a year?
About 64 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 August (9).
How warm does Halifax get?
The median daily high ranged from 1 °C (33 °F) in January to 27 °C (81 °F) in July.
Nearby
- Boston660 km, United States116 days
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- Ottawa960 km113 days
- Iqaluit2150 km6 days
More cities in Canada
- Calgary 117 days
- Toronto 115 days
- Vancouver 108 days
- Edmonton 104 days
- Regina 97 days
- Yellowknife 81 days
- Whitehorse 67 days
Where is the best climate in Canada?
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Source: Halifax International Stanfield International weather station (71395099999), 26 km from the centre of Halifax, 145 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.