Climate and average weather in Caledon

In Caledon, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Caledon typically varies from -10°C to 26°C, and is rarely below -21°C or above 31°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Caledon for warm-weather activities is from late May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
26°
Coldest
Jan
-10°
Wettest
Jun
89 mm
Driest
Feb
51 mm
Rain / yr
864 mm
125 wet days
Daylight
8.7–15.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
437 m
43.9°N
Clearest
Jul
56% cloud

Caledon is town in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada.

Founded
1974

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

Caledon weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Caledon, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.2 months, from May 19 to September 24, with daily high temperatures above 19°C. The hottest month of the year in Caledon is July, with an average high of 26°C and low of 15°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from December 1 to March 10, with daily high temperatures below 3°C. The coldest month of the year in Caledon is January, with an average low of -10°C and high of -2°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in May.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-2-10
Feb-1-10
Mar4-5
Apr122
May187
Jun2313
Jul2615
Aug2514
Sep2110
Oct134
Nov6-1
Dec1-6

How hot and cold Caledon really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -18°C (around January 24), with roughly 185 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 99 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-2-2-16-10
Feb-1-1-16-10
Mar44-10-5
Apr1112-22
May181857
Jun23231313
Jul26261515
Aug24251414
Sep2121910
Oct131314
Nov66-6-1
Dec01-11-6

Average hourly temperature in Caledon

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 26°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -10°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Caledon weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -10°6110.28.99.10.0
Feb-1° / -10°518.2710.20.0
Mar / -5°599.75.711.60.3
Apr12° / 8311.42.813.22.8
May18° / 8411.6014.55.5
Jun23° / 13°8911.6015.26.5
Jul26° / 15°8211014.96.6
Aug25° / 14°7410013.86.9
Sep21° / 10°749.6012.36.4
Oct13° / 7611.10.510.83.6
Nov / -1°7010.13.59.50.6
Dec / -6°6110.27.88.80.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Caledon gets about 864 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.5 months, from around Mar 29 to Aug 12, peaking in June at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 3.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 89 mm over about 12 wet days; February is the driest, with 51 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 22 · 39%Feb 3 · 27%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb308
Mar3210
Apr3711
May3712
Jun3812
Jul3611
Aug3310
Sep3210
Oct3611
Nov3310
Dec3410

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Caledon collects about 864 mm of rain across 125 wet days — roughly 72 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 89 mm, while February is the driest at just 51 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec615159838489827474767061
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan61109
Feb5187
Mar59106
Apr83113
May84120
Jun89120
Jul82110
Aug74100
Sep74100
Oct76111
Nov70104
Dec61108

Snow in Caledon

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Caledon averages about 36 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 19 to May 1 — about 6.4 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 8 days of snow and an estimated 35 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 166 cm of snow.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 9
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan935
Feb737
Mar625
Apr39
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct11
Nov418
Dec841

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Caledon, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 23 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around October 16. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 53% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 17 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around April 22. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 84% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 10 · 55%Jan 2 · 14%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1783
Feb2872
Mar3565
Apr3664
May4357
Jun4654
Jul5347
Aug5248
Sep5149
Oct3862
Nov2773
Dec1684

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 15, brings about 15 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, only 8 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.17:575:01
Feb10.27:295:40
Mar11.66:416:18
Apr13.25:446:56
May14.55:007:32
Jun15.24:427:58
Jul14.94:567:55
Aug13.85:297:19
Sep12.36:056:23
Oct10.86:425:28
Nov9.57:234:48
Dec8.87:544:38

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Caledon averages about 7 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 11 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.3 months, from around Apr 6 to Oct 14. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 10 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is January, down near 3 sunny days — about 71% fewer than the September peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedSep 111 daysJan 52 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan3Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar7Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun8Mixed
Jul9Mixed
Aug9Mixed
Sep10Mixed
Oct7Gloomy
Nov4Gloomy
Dec3Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Caledon, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.9 months, from around May 28 to September 23. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 40% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 24 to May 27, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 3 · 100%Jul 22 · 57%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr991000
May887410
Jun57221660
Jul342725142
Aug362824121
Sep64201150
Oct945100
Nov1000000
Dec1000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Caledon is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around Oct 9 to May 1. The windiest month is January, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 2 to Oct 8, with August the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 5 · 14 km/hAug 9 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul10calm
Aug10calm
Sep11calm
Oct13light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Best time to visit Caledon

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Caledon throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late May, Caledon is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Caledon for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 26 · 7.2

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.3poor
Apr2.8poor
May5.5fair
Jun6.5good
Jul6.6good
Aug6.9good
Sep6.4good
Oct3.6fair
Nov0.7poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Caledon for hot-weather activities is from mid June to early September, with a peak score in the second week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 11 · 6.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Caledon, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 26°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -2°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Caledon sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Caledon

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 56 km away) is warmest in August at about 21°C and coldest in February near 3°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 20 to Sep 2 — about 1.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarm
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr4Bracing
May7Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul20Cool
Aug21Refreshing
Sep19Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index (midday) in Caledon by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Caledon peaks around June 23 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Caledon

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar3.50
Apr5.50
May72.5
Jun8.55
Jul85
Aug72.5
Sep5.50
Oct10
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Caledon by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Caledon is worst in July — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1515 µg/m³Nov 218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Caledon typically lasts about 215 days, from around April 8 to November 8 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 5 to October 6.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2510%Apr 850%May 590%Oct 690%Nov 850%Jan 1010%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan931
Feb728
Mar2231
Apr6430
May953
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep990
Oct8224
Nov4130
Dec1531

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Caledon banks about 1,109 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02505007501,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May84
Jun241
Jul321
Aug291
Sep161
Oct11
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Caledon receives about 3.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.3 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 15 to Sep 20. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.3 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.3 kWh/m² — roughly 79% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 246.4 kWhDec 201.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.6Dim
Feb2.7Moderate
Mar3.9Moderate
Apr4.9Bright
May5.9Bright
Jun6.3Intense
Jul6.1Intense
Aug5.3Bright
Sep4.1Bright
Oct2.6Moderate
Nov1.7Dim
Dec1.3Dim

Where is Caledon?

Caledon sits at 43.9°N, 80.0°W, 437 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Orangeville, 10 km away.

Topography around Caledon

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caledon has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 429 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 286 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 473 m.

The land around Caledon is covered by trees (39%), grassland (27%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (48%), cropland (26%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
86 m
16 km
286 m
80 km
473 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Orangeville 10 km · Bolton 21 km · Georgetown 25 km · Halton Hills 26 km · Brampton 27 km · Alliston 33 km · Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown 35 km · Fergus 36 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 Caledon (43.8654°, -79.9932°, elevation 437 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).