Windsor weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · regional city · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Windsor is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 77/100), with August and June close behind. Windsor averages about 2,036 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 74 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,036
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 77/100
- Rain / year
- 848 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 319k
- Elevation
- 187 m
When is the best time to visit Windsor?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Windsor is September, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 52 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Windsor?
Windsor gets a moderate 2,036 hours of sunshine a year. 77 Sunshine Score points separate September (77) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #118 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. The year's 848 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° / 30°F | -8° / 18°F | 52 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 52 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -3° / 27°F | 56 mm | 3 |
| April | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 2° / 36°F | 77 mm | 5 |
| May | 73 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 97 mm | 6 |
| June | 75 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 84 mm | 7 |
| July | 75 | 28° / 82°F | 17° / 63°F | 85 mm | 7 |
| August | 76 | 27° / 81°F | 17° / 63°F | 82 mm | 6 |
| September | 77 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 74 mm | 5 |
| October | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 72 mm | 3 |
| November | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 62 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -4° / 25°F | 55 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Detroit United States · 33 km · best in Sep · 2,073 h sun/yr
- Flint United States · 101 km · best in Sep · 2,076 h sun/yr
- Cleveland United States · 133 km · best in Aug · 1,820 h sun/yr
- Lansing United States · 145 km · best in Sep · 2,078 h sun/yr
- Akron United States · 197 km · best in Aug · 1,967 h sun/yr
- Kalamazoo United States · 214 km · best in Sep · 2,022 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Toledo United States · 104 km · 2,062 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Freeland United States · 167 km · 2,076 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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