Kelowna weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · regional city · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Kelowna is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with July and September close behind. Kelowna averages about 2,222 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 22 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,222
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 452 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 145k
- Elevation
- 419 m
When is the best time to visit Kelowna?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kelowna is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 37 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kelowna?
Kelowna gets a moderate 2,222 hours of sunshine a year. 88 Sunshine Score points separate August (88) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #56 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 452 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -7° / 19°F | 37 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -6° / 21°F | 27 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -2° / 28°F | 36 mm | 2 |
| April | 43 | 14° / 57°F | 2° / 36°F | 34 mm | 4 |
| May | 83 | 21° / 70°F | 7° / 45°F | 48 mm | 5 |
| June | 81 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 60 mm | 6 |
| July | 86 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 29 mm | 6 |
| August | 88 | 29° / 84°F | 14° / 57°F | 22 mm | 5 |
| September | 86 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 33 mm | 4 |
| October | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 41 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -2° / 28°F | 43 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -7° / 19°F | 42 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Abbotsford Canada · 239 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Bellingham United States · 263 km · best in Jul · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Vancouver Canada · 287 km · best in Jul · 1,739 h sun/yr
- Spokane United States · 293 km · best in Jul · 2,367 h sun/yr
- Victoria (British Columbia) Canada · 328 km · best in Jul · 2,004 h sun/yr
- Nanaimo Canada · 339 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Penticton Canada · 57 km · 2,219 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kamloops Canada · 113 km · 2,267 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Castlegar Canada · 146 km · 2,020 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Trail Canada · 162 km · 2,019 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Cranbrook Canada · 261 km · 2,283 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Kelowna compares month by month: Kelowna vs Vancouver · Kelowna vs Calgary · Kelowna vs Abbotsford · Kelowna vs Bellingham · all comparisons
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