Sechelt Weather in January
Sechelt in January
The short of it: Sechelt in January averages a high of 7 °C (44 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 197 mm (7.8 in) of rain and about 8 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low 3° · rain 197 mm · daylight 8 h 36 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Sechelt an average January high of 7°, a low of 3° and some 197 mm of rain. Sechelt's coldest stretch of the year, 7° by day and 3° by night. Wet spells are common — about 197 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 8 h 36 min in mid-January, 25 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Sechelt runs warmer than most and drier than most in January. Nanaimo, 37 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
January in Sechelt, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus December
- about the same, 36 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 4°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NanaimoBritish Columbia | 37 km SSW | 7° | 2° | 201 mm |
| West VancouverBritish Columbia | 46 km ESE | 6° | 2° | 272 mm |
| KitsilanoBritish Columbia | 49 km ESE | 7° | 2° | 232 mm |
| Dunbar-SouthlandsBritish Columbia | 49 km ESE | 7° | 2° | 215 mm |
| West EndBritish Columbia | 50 km ESE | 7° | 2° | 245 mm |
| SquamishBritish Columbia | 50 km ENE | 4° | 0° | 414 mm |
| South GranvilleBritish Columbia | 51 km ESE | 7° | 2° | 245 mm |
| Downtown VancouverBritish Columbia | 51 km ESE | 7° | 2° | 260 mm |