Climate averages 1991–2020

Montréal weather
in February.

A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high -4.7°C Daytime mean, February
Average low -14.0°C Night-time mean, February
Precipitation 60 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Montréal · average highYear overview

February is a freezing month in Montréal: daytime highs average -4.7°C and nights cool to about -14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 60 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension (6 km away). In February its highs average -3.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Montréal, with 60 mm of precipitation.

Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Montréal ranks joint 75th of 86 for the warmest February highs and joint 51st of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Montréal is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 1.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 60 mm to 74 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Montréal climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Montréal, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -6.4°C-15.3°C-15.3°C7410.59.19 h
February, selected -4.7°C-14.0°C-14.0°C609.310.310 h
March 1.3°C-8.0°C-8.0°C7410.311.912 h
April 9.5°C-0.4°C-0.4°C10311.713.513 h
May 17.3°C7.1°C7.1°C10011.914.915 h
June 22.1°C13.2°C13.2°C10812.215.616 h
July 24.5°C16.2°C16.2°C10112.815.315 h
August 23.5°C15.4°C15.4°C10211.614.114 h
September 19.3°C11.3°C11.3°C9910.212.613 h
October 11.8°C4.9°C4.9°C11211.511.011 h
November 4.4°C-1.8°C-1.8°C8811.99.610 h
December -2.5°C-9.6°C-9.6°C8511.78.89 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Montréal

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Montréal) is explained once on the Montréal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.

Longueuil, Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension and Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.