Climate and average weather in Magog

In Magog, the summers are warm, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Magog typically varies from -14°C to 24°C, and is rarely below -26°C or above 29°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 Magog for warm-weather activities is from mid May to late September.

Hottest
Jul
24°
Coldest
Jan
-14°
Wettest
Jun
134 mm
Driest
Feb
66 mm
Rain / yr
1238 mm
161 wet days
Daylight
8.5–15.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
220 m
45.3°N
Clearest
Sep
60% cloud

Magog is city in Estrie, Québec, Canada.

Density
93/km²
people per km²
Founded
1888

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

Magog 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 mid May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.5 months, from May 13 to September 26, with daily high temperatures above 17°C. The hottest month of the year in Magog is July, with an average high of 24°C and low of 15°C.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from December 5 to March 10, with daily high temperatures below 0°C. The coldest month of the year in Magog is January, with an average low of -14°C and high of -5°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in May.

-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-5-14
Feb-4-13
Mar2-7
Apr100
May177
Jun2212
Jul2415
Aug2314
Sep199
Oct124
Nov5-3
Dec-2-9

How hot and cold Magog 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 -22°C (around January 25), with roughly 192 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 117 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-5-5-21-14
Feb-4-4-20-13
Mar22-13-7
Apr1010-30
May171747
Jun22221212
Jul24241515
Aug23231414
Sep191989
Oct121204
Nov55-7-3
Dec-2-2-15-9

Average hourly temperature in Magog

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 24°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -14°C.

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

Magog 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-5° / -14°7812.812.78.90.0
Feb-4° / -13°66111110.10.0
Mar / -7°8212.69.511.60.0
Apr10° / 100134.813.21.9
May17° / 11714.40.514.64.8
Jun22° / 12°13414.6015.45.8
Jul24° / 15°12515.1015.16.1
Aug23° / 14°12414.3013.96.2
Sep19° / 10711.9012.35.7
Oct12° / 12013.51.510.72.8
Nov / -3°9213.679.30.3
Dec-2° / -9°9314.212.28.60.0

Chance of rain

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

Magog gets about 1238 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 4.1 months, from around Apr 20 to Aug 21, peaking in June at about 51% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 2.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 134 mm over about 15 wet days; February is the driest, with 66 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 1 · 51%Feb 2 · 37%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4113
Feb4011
Mar4113
Apr4313
May4614
Jun4815
Jul4915
Aug4614
Sep4012
Oct4414
Nov4514
Dec4614

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Magog collects about 1238 mm of rain across 161 wet days — roughly 103 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 134 mm, while February is the driest at just 66 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 31% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150175JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec7866821001171341251241071209293
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan781313
Feb661111
Mar821310
Apr100135
May117141
Jun134150
Jul125150
Aug124140
Sep107120
Oct120142
Nov92147
Dec931412

Snow in Magog

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.

Magog averages about 59 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 6 to May 16 — about 7.3 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 12 days of snow and an estimated 56 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 299 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 6
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan1356
Feb1159
Mar1057
Apr524
May12
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct26
Nov733
Dec1262

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

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

The clearer part of the year begins around June 5 and lasts for 4.5 months, ending around October 18. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 47% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 19 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around April 30. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 77% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 30 · 48%Dec 24 · 22%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2773
Feb2872
Mar3070
Apr3070
May3565
Jun3961
Jul4555
Aug4753
Sep4555
Oct3565
Nov2773
Dec2377

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 19, brings about 15 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around December 18, only 8 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 7 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.97:314:25
Feb10.17:005:06
Mar11.66:105:46
Apr13.25:116:27
May14.64:257:05
Jun15.44:067:32
Jul15.14:207:28
Aug13.94:556:50
Sep12.35:345:52
Oct10.76:134:55
Nov9.36:564:12
Dec8.67:284:02

Sunny days

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

Magog averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 9 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.5 months, from around Jun 6 to Oct 19. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 8 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 4 sunny days — about 52% fewer than the September peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedSep 129 daysNov 303 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr5Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug8Gloomy
Sep8Mixed
Oct6Gloomy
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 Magog, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around June 8 to September 18. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 44% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 19 to June 7, 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 11 · 100%Jul 27 · 51%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr991000
May926200
Jun59231350
Jul243230131
Aug31302990
Sep69191030
Oct963100
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 Magog is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.2 months, from around Oct 6 to May 11. The windiest month is March, averaging about 12 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 12 to Oct 5, with August the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 5 · 12 km/hAug 7 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb12light breeze
Mar12light breeze
Apr12light breeze
May11calm
Jun10calm
Jul10calm
Aug9calm
Sep10calm
Oct12calm
Nov12light breeze
Dec12light breeze

Best time to visit Magog

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid September, Magog is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 Magog for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to late September, with a peak score in the last week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 27 · 6.2

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
Mar0.0poor
Apr1.9poor
May4.7fair
Jun5.8good
Jul6.1good
Aug6.2good
Sep5.6good
Oct2.8poor
Nov0.3poor
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 Magog for hot-weather activities is from mid June to late August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 25 · 5.2

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 Magog, 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 24°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -5°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Magog sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Magog 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 Magog peaks around July 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateModerateLowJul 13UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug3Moderate
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Magog

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 July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4 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
Apr50
May70
Jun7.52
Jul84
Aug3.50
Sep5.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Magog typically lasts about 204 days, from around April 14 to November 3 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 9 to October 5.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 810%Apr 1450%May 990%Oct 590%Nov 350%Dec 1710%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan631
Feb528
Mar1531
Apr5530
May946
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep980
Oct7726
Nov3230
Dec1131

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. Magog banks about 929 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02004006008001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May59
Jun202
Jul286
Aug256
Sep123
Oct3
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.

Magog receives about 3.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.2 and 5.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 14 to Sep 20. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.8 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.2 kWh/m² — roughly 79% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 245.9 kWhDec 161.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.6Dim
Feb2.5Moderate
Mar3.7Moderate
Apr4.6Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun5.8Bright
Jul5.7Bright
Aug5.0Bright
Sep3.8Moderate
Oct2.4Moderate
Nov1.5Dim
Dec1.2Dim

Where is Magog?

Magog sits at 45.3°N, 72.1°W, 220 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Rock Forest, 16 km away.

Topography around Magog

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Magog has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 231 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 686 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,288 m.

The land around Magog is covered by trees (53%) within 3 km, trees (76%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
111 m
16 km
686 m
80 km
1,288 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Rock Forest 16 km · Sherbrooke 25 km · Granby 48 km · Drummondville 73 km · Saint-Hyacinthe 75 km · Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 87 km · Mont-Saint-Hilaire 88 km · Victoriaville 88 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 Magog (45.2668°, -72.1491°, elevation 220 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).