Penticton weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Penticton is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with July and September close behind. Penticton averages about 2,219 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,219
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 87/100
- Rain / year
- 581 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 34k
- Elevation
- 340 m
When is the best time to visit Penticton?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Penticton is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 55 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Penticton?
Penticton gets a moderate 2,219 hours of sunshine a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate August (87) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #59 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 581 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 | 2° / 36°F | -6° / 21°F | 55 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 39 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -1° / 30°F | 50 mm | 2 |
| April | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 45 mm | 4 |
| May | 81 | 21° / 70°F | 8° / 46°F | 59 mm | 5 |
| June | 79 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 67 mm | 5 |
| July | 86 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 31 mm | 6 |
| August | 87 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 24 mm | 5 |
| September | 85 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 36 mm | 4 |
| October | 41 | 14° / 57°F | 5° / 41°F | 52 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -1° / 30°F | 61 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -6° / 21°F | 62 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kelowna Canada · 57 km · best in Aug · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Abbotsford Canada · 206 km · best in Jul · 1,738 h sun/yr
- Bellingham United States · 226 km · best in Jul · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Spokane United States · 255 km · best in Jul · 2,367 h sun/yr
- Vancouver Canada · 261 km · best in Jul · 1,739 h sun/yr
- Victoria (British Columbia) Canada · 293 km · best in Jul · 2,004 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Castlegar Canada · 144 km · 2,020 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kamloops Canada · 151 km · 2,267 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Trail Canada · 152 km · 2,019 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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