Best time to visit Richmond Hill

The best time to visit Richmond Hill is May–June and August–September, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

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  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January-0.8 °C / 31 °F-7.7 °C / 18 °F58 mm / 2.3 inneither best nor good
February-0.4 °C / 31 °F-8.4 °C / 17 °F57 mm / 2.2 inneither best nor good
March5 °C / 41 °F-3.4 °C / 26 °F61 mm / 2.4 inneither best nor good
April11.2 °C / 52 °F2.3 °C / 36 °F81 mm / 3.2 inneither best nor good
May18.3 °C / 65 °F8.3 °C / 47 °F70 mm / 2.7 inbest month
June23.3 °C / 74 °F13.8 °C / 57 °F85 mm / 3.4 inbest month
July26.5 °C / 80 °F16.8 °C / 62 °F75 mm / 3 ingood month
August25.6 °C / 78 °F16.1 °C / 61 °F61 mm / 2.4 inbest month
September21.8 °C / 71 °F12.3 °C / 54 °F62 mm / 2.4 inbest month
October14.8 °C / 59 °F6.5 °C / 44 °F77 mm / 3 ingood month
November7.7 °C / 46 °F0.5 °C / 33 °F57 mm / 2.2 inneither best nor good
December2.1 °C / 36 °F-3.7 °C / 25 °F70 mm / 2.7 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: neither
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: best
  7. JJuly: good
  8. AAugust: best
  9. SSeptember: best
  10. OOctober: good
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
May–June, August–September
Good
July, October
Why these months
  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 17.2 °C / 63 °F, average daily high 18.3 °C / 65 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 76%, precipitation 70 mm / 2.7 in, days with heavy rain 2.3 days, wet days 10.2 days, average daily low 8.3 °C / 47 °F, relative humidity 68%.

  • June · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.7 °C / 75 °F, average daily high 23.3 °C / 74 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 79%, precipitation 85 mm / 3.4 in, days with heavy rain 2.6 days, average daily low 13.8 °C / 57 °F, wet days 10.6 days, relative humidity 70%.

  • July · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 28 °C / 82 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 85%, average daily high 26.5 °C / 80 °F, precipitation 75 mm / 3 in, days with heavy rain 2.5 days, average daily low 16.8 °C / 62 °F, wet days 10.2 days, relative humidity 71%.

  • August · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.6 °C / 80 °F, average daily high 25.6 °C / 78 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 83%, precipitation 61 mm / 2.4 in, days with heavy rain 1.9 days, wet days 8.7 days, average daily low 16.1 °C / 61 °F, relative humidity 73%.

  • September · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 21.5 °C / 71 °F, average daily high 21.8 °C / 71 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 78%, precipitation 62 mm / 2.4 in, days with heavy rain 1.8 days, wet days 8.2 days, average daily low 12.3 °C / 54 °F.

    Against: relative humidity 77%.

  • October · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 65%, precipitation 77 mm / 3 in, average daily high 14.8 °C / 59 °F, days with heavy rain 2.8 days, wet days 11.3 days, average daily low 6.5 °C / 44 °F, relative humidity 76%.

    Against: feels like (high) 12.3 °C / 54 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Bristol Mountain Ski Resort, 205 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) -5.6 °C-5.3 °C0.8 °C8.1 °C17.2 °C23.7 °C28 °C26.6 °C21.5 °C12.3 °C3.8 °C-2.4 °C
Days with heavy rain 1.7 days1.6 days1.9 days2.5 days2.3 days2.6 days2.5 days1.9 days1.8 days2.8 days1.4 days2.1 days
Time rain usually falls 4 am9 am11 pm12 pm4 pm5 pm3 pm4 pm9 am6 am11 pm5 am
Sunshine per day 5.5 h6.9 h8.3 h9.3 h11.2 h12.2 h12.8 h11.5 h9.7 h7.1 h6.1 h4.5 h
Relative humidity 74%72%67%67%68%70%71%73%77%76%76%78%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20256.3 µg/m³9 µg/m³8.8 µg/m³9.6 µg/m³11.4 µg/m³17.3 µg/m³12.6 µg/m³11.1 µg/m³10.6 µg/m³7.9 µg/m³6.7 µg/m³6.5 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202512.3 µg/m³17.3 µg/m³16.5 µg/m³18 µg/m³20.1 µg/m³28.9 µg/m³22.7 µg/m³18.7 µg/m³18 µg/m³13.6 µg/m³12.7 µg/m³12 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).