Climate averages 1991–2020
Kelowna weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Kelowna: daytime highs average 1.2°C and nights cool to about -4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 59 mm of precipitation on roughly 14 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamloops (105 km away). In January its highs average -1.0°C, 2.2°C cooler than Kelowna, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Kelowna ranks 14th of 86 for the warmest January highs and 18th of 86 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 86 cities is -2.3°C; Kelowna is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 3.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 59 mm to 42 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
Kelowna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kamloops in JanuaryCanada · 105 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -7.1°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Chilliwack in JanuaryCanada · 195 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -1.0°C · 342 mm rain
- Abbotsford in JanuaryCanada · 220 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -2.0°C · 261 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in JanuaryCanada · 237 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.9°C · 397 mm rain
- Langley in JanuaryCanada · 245 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -0.2°C · 226 mm rain
- Coquitlam in JanuaryCanada · 247 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 343 mm rain
- Bellingham in JanuaryUnited States · 251 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 213 mm rain
- Surrey in JanuaryCanada · 256 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 226 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.