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Banff in December

Cold and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Banff is cold: highs near 22°F, lows near 3°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 7 hours 58 minutes.December in Banff is cold: highs near -6°C, lows near -16°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 7 hours 58 minutes.

High
22°F-6°Caverage
Low
3°F-16°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 32% of days
Daylight
7h 58mon average

Is December a good time to visit Banff?

December sits outside Banff's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 22°F in December, against 22°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near -6°C in December, against -6°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

32% of days in December, against 29% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

65% cover in December, against 48% to 68% through the year.

Daylight

7h 58m in December, against 7h 58m to 16h 29m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November34°1°low 13°low -11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December22°-6°low 3°low -16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January23°-5°low 5°low -15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Banff sits, in December

America/Edmonton
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
9:39 AMsets 5:35 PM
Above the sea
1,380 mupland
Latitude
51.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sunshine Village18 km south-west

The land around Banff, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Canada in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Banff

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Banff. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,380 m) against the climate model's (1,818 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,380 m) against the climate model's (1,818 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.