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Vancouver Island in January

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Vancouver Island is chilly: highs near 49°F, lows near 35°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Vancouver Island is chilly: highs near 9°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days lengthen by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
49°F9°Caverage
Low
35°F2°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 66% of days
Daylight
8h 41mon average

Is January a good time to visit Vancouver Island?

January sits outside Vancouver Island's best months, which run from July to August. Expect chilly days and rain on about five 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 49°F in January, against 49°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 9°C in January, against 9°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

66% of days in January, against 26% to 69% through the year.

Cloud cover

80% cover in January, against 48% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

8h 41m in January, against 8h 14m to 16h 11m 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. December49°9°low 35°low 2°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January49°9°low 35°low 2°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. February50°10°low 35°low 2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Vancouver Island sits, in January

America/Vancouver
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:14 AMsets 4:50 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
49.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Tofino25 km south

The land around Vancouver Island, 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 Vancouver Island

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Vancouver Island. 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (632 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (632 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.