Climate averages 1991–2020
Kelowna weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kelowna: daytime highs average 1.3°C and nights cool to about -3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of precipitation on roughly 14 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamloops (105 km away). In December its highs average -0.7°C, 2.1°C cooler than Kelowna, with 47 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Kelowna ranks joint 36th of 86 for the warmest December highs and 34th of 86 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 86 cities is 0.2°C; Kelowna is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 1.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 66 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Kelowna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 59 | 13.5 | 8.69 h |
| February | 3.9°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 42 | 10.1 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.0°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 55 | 11.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 43 | 9.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 51 | 9.9 | 15.415 h |
| June | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 51 | 9.2 | 16.316 h |
| July | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 30 | 5.3 | 15.916 h |
| August | 27.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.514 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 69 | 12.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 5.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 87 | 15.5 | 9.19 h |
| December, selected | 1.3°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 66 | 13.5 | 8.28 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
December in nearby cities
- Kamloops in DecemberCanada · 105 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Chilliwack in DecemberCanada · 195 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -0.7°C · 327 mm rain
- Abbotsford in DecemberCanada · 220 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -1.9°C · 246 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in DecemberCanada · 237 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 378 mm rain
- Langley in DecemberCanada · 245 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low 0.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Coquitlam in DecemberCanada · 247 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 330 mm rain
- Bellingham in DecemberUnited States · 251 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.3°C · 206 mm rain
- Surrey in DecemberCanada · 256 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 0.0°C · 212 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 Kelowna) is explained once on the Kelowna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.