Climate averages 1991–2020
Prince George weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Prince George: daytime highs average -3.9°C and nights cool to about -11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 54 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Grande Prairie (290 km away). In January its highs average -8.1°C, 4.2°C cooler than Prince George, with 28 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Prince George ranks 56th of 86 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 86 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 86 cities is -2.3°C; Prince George is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.5°C to -0.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 54 mm to 31 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
Prince George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -3.9°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 54 | 12.1 | 8.08 h |
| February | -0.4°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 31 | 8.4 | 9.710 h |
| March | 4.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 35 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 9.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 40 | 9.0 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 53 | 10.0 | 17.017 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| August | 22.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 41 | 8.3 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 54 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 76 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.8°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 67 | 13.7 | 8.69 h |
| December | -3.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 46 | 10.4 | 7.58 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
- Grande Prairie in JanuaryCanada · 290 kmHigh -8.1°C · Low -15.8°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Kamloops in JanuaryCanada · 397 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -7.1°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Kelowna in JanuaryCanada · 501 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 59 mm precipitation
- North Vancouver in JanuaryCanada · 512 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 316 mm rain
- Coquitlam in JanuaryCanada · 515 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 343 mm rain
- Burnaby in JanuaryCanada · 517 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 316 mm rain
- Vancouver in JanuaryCanada · 520 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 316 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in JanuaryCanada · 522 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.9°C · 397 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 Prince George) is explained once on the Prince George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.