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Edmonton weather by month

Edmonton runs from about -13°C in January to 21°C in July, with July the wettest month at 118 mm.

warmest month

July

21°C

coolest month

January

-13°C

wettest month

July

118 mm

worst air month

September

15 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Edmonton
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January-13°C16 mm163 h12
February-7°C27 mm170 h11
March-6°C14 mm242 h11
April5°C36 mm284 h11
May10°C66 mm298 h7
June14°C81 mm363 h8
July21°C118 mm405 h11
August17°C85 mm348 h10
September14°C40 mm308 h15
October5°C27 mm200 h5
November-5°C25 mm129 h8
December-8°C37 mm104 h12

About 3,014 hours of sun a year. Roughly 60 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.

where these numbers come from

  • · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
  • · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.

Last reviewed 2026-05-23. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.