January Temperatures in British Columbia

Average temperatures for January at cities and towns throughout British Columbia are given below.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Southwest Mainland, Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, Central BC, Southeast BC and Northern BC.

The tables list the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures, in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit, based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Southwest BC Mainland

Average January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
44	33	Abbotsford	7	0
43	33	Chilliwack	6	0
44	36	Gibsons	7	2
43	34	Powell River	6	1
44	34	Vancouver - Richmond	7	1
33	23	Whistler	1	-5

Gulf Islands

Average daily temperatures in January
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
43	36	Cortes Island, Whaletown	6	2
44	34	Gabriola Island	7	1
45	35	Mayne Island, Village Bay	7	2
44	36	Saltspring Island	7	2

Vancouver Island

Average daily temperatures in January
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
42	31	Campbell River	6	-1
43	34	Courtenay - Comox	6	1
42	33	Duncan	6	0
40	31	Gold River	5	-1
44	32	Nanaimo	7	0
42	33	Port Alberni	5	1
44	35	Port Hardy	7	2
43	35	Port Renfrew	6	2
46	35	Sidney	8	1
47	36	Tofino	8	2
47	39	Victoria	9	4

Central British Columbia

January temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
27	10	Barkerville	-3	-12
37	27	Bella Coola	3	-3
33	21	Kamloops	0	-6
36	26	Kelowna	2	-3
33	23	Lillooet	1	-5
35	27	Penticton	2	-3
33	23	Vernon	1	-5
29	13	Williams Lake	-2	-11

Southeast BC

Average January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
33	25	Castlegar	0	-4
29	14	Cranbrook	-2	-10
24	11	Golden	-4	-12
30	21	Revelstoke	-1	-6
28	13	Sparwood	-2	-11

Northern British Columbia

Average January temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
16	2	Atlin	-9	-16
3	-12	Fort Nelson	-16	-25
16	2	Fort St John	-9	-17
27	13	Prince George	-3	-11
42	31	Prince Rupert	6	-1
44	35	Sandspit, Haida Gwaii	6	2
26	12	Smithers	-3	-11

Average January Temperatures in British Columbia