Climate averages 1991–2020
Kamloops weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Kamloops: daytime highs average -1.0°C and nights cool to about -7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kelowna (105 km away). In January its highs average 1.2°C, 2.2°C warmer than Kamloops, with 59 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Kamloops ranks joint 25th of 86 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 86 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 86 cities is -2.3°C; Kamloops is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 2.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 41 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kamloops climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -1.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 41 | 10.5 | 8.59 h |
| February | 2.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 25 | 7.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 7.2°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 30 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 30 | 7.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 43 | 9.2 | 15.515 h |
| June | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 47 | 9.1 | 16.416 h |
| July | 27.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 34 | 6.1 | 16.016 h |
| August | 27.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 23 | 5.2 | 14.515 h |
| September | 21.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 35 | 7.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.4°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 45 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 56 | 12.2 | 9.09 h |
| December | -0.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 47 | 11.3 | 8.18 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Kelowna in JanuaryCanada · 105 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 59 mm precipitation
- Chilliwack in JanuaryCanada · 204 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -1.0°C · 342 mm rain
- Abbotsford in JanuaryCanada · 226 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -2.0°C · 261 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in JanuaryCanada · 229 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.9°C · 397 mm rain
- Coquitlam in JanuaryCanada · 234 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 343 mm rain
- Langley in JanuaryCanada · 242 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -0.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Burnaby in JanuaryCanada · 244 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 316 mm rain
- New Westminster in JanuaryCanada · 246 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 316 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kamloops) is explained once on the Kamloops year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.