Niagara-on-the-Lake weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Niagara-on-the-Lake is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 77/100), with June and September close behind. Niagara-on-the-Lake averages about 1,955 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 71 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,955
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 77/100
- Rain / year
- 871 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 18k
- Elevation
- 97 m
When is the best time to visit Niagara-on-the-Lake?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Niagara-on-the-Lake is August, then June and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 59 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Niagara-on-the-Lake?
Niagara-on-the-Lake gets a moderate 1,955 hours of sunshine a year. 77 Sunshine Score points separate August (77) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #147 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 871 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 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 59 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 51 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -2° / 28°F | 58 mm | 3 |
| April | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 75 mm | 4 |
| May | 63 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 81 mm | 6 |
| June | 75 | 23° / 73°F | 15° / 59°F | 80 mm | 7 |
| July | 74 | 27° / 81°F | 19° / 66°F | 86 mm | 7 |
| August | 77 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 71 mm | 6 |
| September | 75 | 23° / 73°F | 15° / 59°F | 81 mm | 5 |
| October | 43 | 15° / 59°F | 9° / 48°F | 89 mm | 3 |
| November | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 70 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -2° / 28°F | 70 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Buffalo United States · 45 km · best in Aug · 1,831 h sun/yr
- Toronto Canada · 65 km · best in Aug · 1,957 h sun/yr
- Waterloo (Ontario) Canada · 102 km · best in Aug · 2,026 h sun/yr
- Rochester United States · 122 km · best in May · 1,838 h sun/yr
- Syracuse United States · 249 km · best in May · 1,862 h sun/yr
- Cleveland United States · 296 km · best in Aug · 1,820 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Niagara Falls United States · 21 km · 1,886 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Peterborough Canada · 133 km · 2,002 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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