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Banff in January

Cold and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Banff is cold: highs near 23°F, lows near 5°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 44 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Banff is cold: highs near -5°C, lows near -15°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 44 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
23°F-5°Caverage
Low
5°F-15°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 30% of days
Daylight
8h 27mon average

Is January a good time to visit Banff?

January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 23°F in January, against 22°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near -5°C in January, against -6°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

30% of days in January, against 29% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

8h 27m in January, against 7h 58m to 16h 29m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December22°-6°low 3°low -16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January23°-5°low 5°low -15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February28°-2°low 7°low -14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Banff sits, in January

America/Edmonton
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:40 AMsets 5:02 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.