Compare Alberta and British Columbia Weather

Alberta is 728.6 kilometers (452.7 miles) away and 1.0 hours ahead of British Columbia, Canada. Both Alberta and British Columbia are in the same climate zone with Subartic, severe winter, no dry season, cool summer (Köppen climate classification: Dfc).

Alberta generally has cooler weather than British Columbia. The average mean temperature in Alberta is 3.62°C (38.52°F) while British Columbia’s temperature is 5.02°C (41.04°F) and the difference is 1.4°C (34.52°F). Alberta is warmest on average in July, when the day time temperature may reach 17.17°C (62.91°F), while British Columbia is warmest in August when the average high temperature is 14.74°C (58.53°F). Alberta is coldest in February when the average low temperature is -14.48°C (5.94°F), while December is the coldest month in British Columbia, when night time temperature often falls below -6.95°C (19.49°F).

Finally, Alberta has about 3.34 times less rainfall than British Columbia, (Alberta’s 43.56mm vs British Columbia’s average of 145.5mm).