Québec City QC Average Temperatures by Month

The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Québec City, Quebec during each month of the year.

The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for the city, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.

To find out how often it rises over 10, 20 or 30 °C each month in Québec City, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with frost and cold weather.

The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1981 to 2010 weather.

10-year temperature averages for Québec City, 2010 to 2019
High °F	Low °F		High °C	Low °C
21	3	January	-6	-16
23	4	February	-5	-16
33	13	March	0	-10
46	28	April	8	-2
64	42	May	18	6
72	50	June	22	10
79	57	July	26	14
76	56	August	24	13
67	48	September	20	9
53	36	October	12	2
38	24	November	3	-5
26	11	December	-4	-12
50	31	Year	10	-1

30-year temperature averages for Québec City, 1981 to 2010
High °F	Low °F		High °C	Low °C
19	3	January	-7	-16
24	6	February	-4	-14
34	17	March	1	-8
48	31	April	9	0
64	43	May	18	6
72	52	June	22	11
76	57	July	25	14
75	55	August	24	13
67	48	September	19	9
52	37	October	11	3
40	27	November	4	-3
26	12	December	-3	-11
50	32	Year	10	0

Days of Hot Weather in Québec City

Québec City usually has five days a year with temperatures in the low-thirties Celsius. The 30-degree weather can show up here anytime during summer months, and occasionally as early as May. The city normally doesn't have temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius (95 °F).

Days per month in Québec City above 10, 20 or 30 °C
	10 °C 50 °F	20 °C 68 °F	30 °C 86 °F
January	0	0	0
February	0	0	0
March	1	0	0
April	12	1	0
May	29	10	0
June	30	21	1
July	31	27	2
August	31	26	1
September	30	13	0
October	17	2	0
November	3	0	0
December	0	0	0
Year	183	99	5

When Québec City Has Frosty Weather

Québec City typically has 166 days a year when the minimum temperature is at 0 °C or below. The average date for the last frost in spring is May 7. Frost normally returns here on October 9. The frost-free period extends for 154 days on average between the final spring frost and the first fall frost.

Average number of days with freezing temperatures in Québec City
	0 °C 32 °F
January	31
February	28
March	29
April	16
May	2
June	0
July	0
August	0
September	0
October	9
November	22
December	30
Year	166

How Often Québec City Has Cold Temperatures

Most of Québec City's chilliest winter nights have lows in the minus-twenties °C. The city averages 21 nights a year, mainly in January and February, when the thermometer drops that low. Temperatures below -30 °C (-22 °F) occur on an average of just one night a year.

From November to April, Québec City can remain below freezing all day long. The city typically has 89 days a year when the temperature never rises above 0 °C.

Days per month on average in Québec City when the minimum temperature drops below -2, -10, or -20 °C
	-2 °C 28 °F	-10 °C 14 °F	-20 °C -4 °F
January	30	24	10
February	27	21	6
March	25	11	2
April	8	0	0
May	0	0	0
June	0	0	0
July	0	0	0
August	0	0	0
September	0	0	0
October	4	0	0
November	16	2	0
December	28	17	3
Year	138	75	21

Québec City Temperatures: Averages by Month

Days of Hot Weather in Québec City

When Québec City Has Frosty Weather

How Often Québec City Has Cold Temperatures

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