Vancouver (Harbour) is the composite, elevation 2.5 metres. Vancouver International is a separate composite and is not in this table. The harbour record is the one for the city itself.

The harbour composite publishes precipitation and does not publish a rainfall element. The water column is precipitation, snow included. The airport composite does have rainfall, and it is a different station, so it is not swapped in to fill the gap. No tipping percentage is printed: we did not open a Destination Vancouver page that states one.

Month by month

The highest average daily high is 23.0°C in July and August. The lowest average daily low is 3.2°C in December. The heaviest month in the water column is November at 245.2 mm, and the lightest is July at 43.5 mm. These sentences only restate the table. They are not a ranking of the best month to go.

Station composite: Vancouver (Harbour), 2.5 m. Not Vancouver International. Averages for 1991-2020. Elevation: 2.5 m. The rule runs from that month’s average low to its average high, on this station’s own scale. The black bar under the water figure is that month against the wettest month here.
Month	High °C	Low °C	Precipitation (mm)
January	7.4	3.3	236.6
February	8.4	3.3	117.0
March	10.5	4.6	162.5
April	13.9	6.9	117.7
May	17.8	10.2	72.6
June	20.2	12.8	65.7
July	23.0	14.9	43.5
August	23.0	14.8	48.6
September	19.4	12.1	71.4
October	13.9	8.6	156.8
November	9.7	5.3	245.2
December	7.1	3.2	199.9

Environment and Climate Change Canada 1991–2020 climate normals for this composite station. This composite has no rainfall element in the normals file, so it is not printed. The water column is precipitation, which includes the water equivalent of snow. Quality codes: maximum temperature A, precipitation C. Source: ECCC Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, VANCOUVER (HARBOUR). As of 2026-11-14.

The facts, in sentences

Plugs and voltage

The IEC world-plugs list shows Canada at 120 volts and 60 hertz, with plug type A and B.

IEC World Plugs. As of 14 November 2026.

Driving side

The Government of Canada's settling-in page says you must drive on the right-hand side of the road. It also says traffic laws are generally similar across the country and that some rules vary by province or territory.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Driving in Canada. As of 14 November 2026.

Tap water

CDC's traveler page for Canada, last reviewed 8 October 2026, does not say whether tap water is safe or unsafe. It says food and water standards vary by destination and by what you are doing, and it points readers to CDC's food and water precautions. This page does not turn that into medical advice.

CDC Travelers' Health, Canada. As of 14 November 2026.

Currency

ISO 4217 lists the currency name Canadian Dollar and the code CAD for Canada.

ISO 4217 currency list (SIX). As of 14 November 2026.

Time zone

IANA's zone1970.tab assigns America/Vancouver to British Columbia, most areas. The same comment prints the abbreviation MST. That abbreviation is not repeated on this page, because it is the disputed part of the comment. The zone name is the fact we print.

IANA tzdb zone1970.tab, America/Vancouver. As of 14 November 2026.

Entry requirements

IRCC's own check for a visa or an eTA. We do not restate the result. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Official entry requirements. Checked 14 November 2026. We do not rewrite the rule.

Hotels, tours, and a plug

Hotel and tour links stay off until a partner ID is set in the site config. They are not affiliate links today. The adapter search is an Amazon link with tag thetravelfact-20.Affiliate disclosure.

Viator

Tours. ID empty, so there is no outbound link.

Expedia

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Booking.com

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Travelpayouts

Network. ID empty, so there is no outbound link.

Travel adapter for Vancouver. A search, not a product we chose. Match the plug type on this page before you buy.

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