Arbutus Ridge weather in January

In January, Arbutus Ridge sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 276 mm of precipitation across 18.6 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Arbutus Ridge's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arbutus Ridge's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
276 mm
18.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
8:10 AM – 4:34 PM
Cloud cover
75%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10

Arbutus Ridge is residential neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Arbutus Ridge reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Arbutus Ridge weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 27618.64.88.50.3
Feb / 15714.24.29.80.7
Mar / 201183.211.61.2
Apr11° / 13414.60.413.42.4
May15° / 10°8611.3015.14.2
Jun17° / 13°6910.2015.95.4
Jul20° / 15°426015.67.1
Aug20° / 16°556.3014.27.2
Sep17° / 14°989012.45.7
Oct12° / 10°20815.6010.53.0
Nov / 301192.28.91.2
Dec / 26418.96.18.10.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Arbutus Ridge gets around 276 mm of rain and snow over 18.6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 60% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of January to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:14 AM to 7:55 AM, and sunset from 4:17 PM to 4:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:144:17
28.18:144:18
38.18:144:19
48.18:144:20
58.18:144:21
68.18:144:22
78.28:144:23
88.28:134:24
98.28:134:25
108.28:134:27
118.38:124:28
128.38:124:29
138.38:114:30
148.38:114:32
158.48:104:33
168.48:104:34
178.48:094:36
188.58:084:37
198.58:074:39
208.68:074:40
218.68:064:41
228.68:054:43
238.78:044:44
248.78:034:46
258.88:024:47
268.88:014:49
278.88:004:51
288.97:594:52
298.97:584:54
309.07:564:55
319.07:554:57

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.76 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 0.92 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Arbutus Ridge

In seasonPeak

In January, Arbutus Ridge sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Arbutus Ridge's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Arbutus Ridge?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Arbutus Ridge.

What to pack for Arbutus Ridge in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Arbutus Ridge sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 19 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

Sea temperature near Arbutus Ridge in January

The nearest coast averages about 7°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in January near 7°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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Mar8Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug16Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct11Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Arbutus Ridge in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arbutus Ridge peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 17UV 8Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May7High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Arbutus Ridge in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Arbutus Ridge is worst in August — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodAug 1517 µg/m³Dec 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Arbutus Ridge?

Arbutus Ridge sits at 49.2°N, 123.2°W, 60 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Dunbar-Southlands, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Arbutus Ridge

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Arbutus Ridge.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arbutus Ridge has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m around an average of 52 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,207 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,629 m.

The land around Arbutus Ridge is covered by trees (63%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, water (43%), trees (26%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
130 m
16 km
1,207 m
80 km
2,629 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater
January weather nearby: Dunbar-Southlands 2.0 km · Kitsilano 2.0 km · South Granville 2.0 km · Fairview 3.0 km · Vancouver 4.0 km · West End 5.0 km · Marpole 5.0 km · Downtown Vancouver 5.0 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 83% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$55,698
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Arbutus Ridge (49.2497°, -123.1693°, elevation 60 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).