Climate averages 1991–2020
Saguenay weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Saguenay: daytime highs average -5.6°C and nights cool to about -13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of precipitation on roughly 13 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Québec (179 km away). In December its highs average -3.2°C, 2.4°C warmer than Saguenay, with 101 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Saguenay ranks 80th of 86 for the warmest December highs and joint 50th of 86 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 86 cities is 0.2°C; Saguenay is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 4.5°C to -10.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 80 mm to 66 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
Saguenay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.1°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 66 | 11.8 | 8.89 h |
| February | -7.9°C-17.1°C | -17.1°C | 52 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | -1.4°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 70 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 6.0°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 85 | 12.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 15.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 92 | 12.7 | 15.215 h |
| June | 20.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 100 | 12.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 22.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 131 | 15.4 | 15.716 h |
| August | 21.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 119 | 14.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 127 | 13.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 9.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 119 | 14.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 2.1°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 95 | 14.2 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | -5.6°C-13.8°C | -13.8°C | 80 | 13.4 | 8.48 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
- Québec in DecemberCanada · 179 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -11.1°C · 101 mm precipitation
- Trois-Rivières in DecemberCanada · 256 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -10.3°C · 90 mm precipitation
- Sherbrooke in DecemberCanada · 341 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -9.4°C · 92 mm precipitation
- Repentigny in DecemberCanada · 348 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -9.1°C · 85 mm precipitation
- Terrebonne in DecemberCanada · 360 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -9.1°C · 86 mm precipitation
- Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne in DecemberCanada · 365 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -9.6°C · 86 mm precipitation
- Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in DecemberCanada · 368 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -8.8°C · 85 mm precipitation
- Longueuil in DecemberCanada · 371 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -8.5°C · 85 mm precipitation
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 Saguenay) is explained once on the Saguenay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.