Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best weather in Nanaimo is from June, July, August, but considering flight prices and crowds, the best months to visit are May, July, August. — predictable climate
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| Score | 6 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 76 | 84 | 92 | 92 | 78 | 38 | 7 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Cold | Cold | Cold | Cold | Mild | Mild | Pleasant | Pleasant | Mild | Cold | Cold | Cold |
| Temperature | 2–7°C | 2–7°C | 3–9°C | 5–12°C | 10–17°C | 13–20°C | 15–23°C | 16–23°C | 12–19°C | 8–13°C | 4–9°C | 2–6°C |
| Feels like | -1–4°C | -2–4°C | 0–7°C | 2–10°C | 8–16°C | 11–19°C | 15–23°C | 15–23°C | 11–18°C | 6–12°C | 1–6°C | -2–3°C |
| Precipitation | 224mm 17 days | 117mm 15 days | 109mm 18 days | 96mm 15 days | 45mm 11 days | 54mm 11 days | 26mm 5 days | 31mm 5 days | 92mm 10 days | 152mm 14 days | 222mm 18 days | 220mm 18 days |
| Sunshine | 2.7h ☀︎ 31% | 4.4h ☀︎ 43% | 6.6h ☀︎ 55% | 8.5h ☀︎ 62% | 11.6h ☀︎ 76% | 12.2h ☀︎ 76% | 13.5h ☀︎ 86% | 12.3h ☀︎ 86% | 9.4h ☀︎ 74% | 6.2h ☀︎ 57% | 3.5h ☀︎ 38% | 2.7h ☀︎ 32% |
| Wind | S · 18 km/h | S · 17 km/h | S · 16 km/h | SW · 17 km/h | NW · 15 km/h | NW · 16 km/h | N · 15 km/h | NW · 15 km/h | W · 15 km/h | SW · 16 km/h | S · 18 km/h | S · 18 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 85% | 80% | 79% | 74% | 69% | 67% | 65% | 67% | 76% | 82% | 84% | 85% |
| Perfect days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 21% | 29% | 68% | 67% | 34% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Dry streak | 7d | 6d | 6d | 7d | 11d | 8d | 17d | 15d | 10d | 9d | 5d | 6d |
| Sunny streak | 5d | 8d | 8d | 11d | 16d | 19d | 25d | 24d | 14d | 9d | 4d | 4d |
| Extreme heat | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Extreme cold | 20% | 22% | 9% | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | 1% | 5% | 23% |
| Temperature | +1.0° | -0.3° | +0.6° | +0.3° | +0.2° | +0.8° | +0.6° | +1.2° | +0.8° | +1.2° | +0.3° | +1.4° |
| Rainfall | Getting wetter | Stable | Getting drier | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | Stable | Getting wetter | Getting wetter | Stable | Getting wetter |
| Ideal warm days | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 6% | 20% | 21% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Outdoor comfort | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 27% | 40% | 67% | 68% | 45% | 7% | 0% | 0% |
| Dry week odds | 8% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 20% | 14% | 47% | 42% | 22% | 14% | 3% | 7% |
| Heavy rain | 9% | 4% | 3% | 2% | — | — | — | — | 3% | 5% | 11% | 8% |
| Snow days | 22% | 23% | 18% | 7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13% | 26% |
| Day length | 8.8h | 10.2h | 11.9h | 13.8h | 15.3h | 16.2h | 15.7h | 14.3h | 12.6h | 10.8h | 9.1h | 8.3h |
| Tourist Crowds | Low season | Low season | Low season | Low season | Shoulder season | High season | High season | High season | High season | Low season | Low season | Shoulder season |