Climate-Zone.com

Home › Compare › Montréal vs Minneapolis

Montréal vs Minneapolis

Dfb Warm-summer humid continentalDfa Hot-summer humid continental

Comparing Montréal change · Minneapolis change

Bottom line

Minneapolis is the warmer of the two — about 2°F on the annual average; Montréal is the wetter, with 11 in more rain a year.

Warmer Minneapolis 2°F on the year
Wetter Montréal 11 in more a year
Sunnier Minneapolis 6 pp less cloud
Winter nights About the same winter lows close to each other

How the seasons compare

The differences between Montréal and Minneapolis, in everyday terms.

Summers

Minneapolis has hotter summers

Montréal: Warm
Minneapolis: Warm

Winters

Winters are similar

Montréal: Very cold
Minneapolis: Very cold

Rain & snow

Montréal is wetter

Montréal: Wet
Minneapolis: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Similar amounts of sun

Montréal: Often cloudy
Minneapolis: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Minneapolis is the warmer of the two — about 2°F on the annual average.

0°20°40°60°80° JanAprJulOct MontréalMinneapolis

Precipitation

Montréal is the wetter — about 11 in more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (in) 02.55 JanAprJulOct MontréalMinneapolis

Clear skies

The two cities see a similar amount of sun.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct MontréalMinneapolis

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°F) Minneapolis runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montréal232637536676797870564330
Minneapolis242942576979838072584229
Difference+1+3+5+4+2+3+3+2+3+2-1-2
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Montréal232637536676
Minneapolis242942576979
Difference+1+3+5+4+2+3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montréal797870564330
Minneapolis838072584229
Difference+3+2+3+2-1-2
Avg low (°F) Minneapolis runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montréal81021344757626051402917
Minneapolis91325374959646253402715
Difference+1+3+4+3+2+2+2+2+2—-2-2
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Montréal81021344757
Minneapolis91325374959
Difference+1+3+4+3+2+2
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montréal626051402917
Minneapolis646253402715
Difference+2+2+2—-2-2
Precipitation (in) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montréal3.32.52.93.63.43.33.73.63.53.83.33.6
Minneapolis0.50.51.42.644.644.13.12.51.30.7
Difference-2.8-2-1.5-1+0.5+1.3+0.3+0.5-0.4-1.3-2-3
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Montréal3.32.52.93.63.43.3
Minneapolis0.50.51.42.644.6
Difference-2.8-2-1.5-1+0.5+1.3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montréal3.73.63.53.83.33.6
Minneapolis44.13.12.51.30.7
Difference+0.3+0.5-0.4-1.3-2-3
Snowfall (in)
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montréal19.717.514.56000000.45.619.9
Minneapolis————————————
Difference————————————
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Montréal19.717.514.5600
Minneapolis——————
Difference——————
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montréal0000.45.619.9
Minneapolis——————
Difference——————
Cloud cover (%) Montréal runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montréal696665676864615959697273
Minneapolis626167646561495252626466
Difference-7-5+2-3-2-3-12-7-7-7-8-7
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Montréal696665676864
Minneapolis626167646561
Difference-7-5+2-3-2-3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montréal615959697273
Minneapolis495252626466
Difference-12-7-7-7-8-7
Relative humidity (%) Montréal runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montréal929187817878767374808591
Minneapolis908778717173727170738088
Difference-2-3-9-10-7-5-4-2-4-7-5-3
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Montréal929187817878
Minneapolis908778717173
Difference-2-3-9-10-7-5
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montréal767374808591
Minneapolis727170738088
Difference-4-2-4-7-5-3

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Montréal trends → · Minneapolis trends →

Methodology & sources

Montréal

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 22 years of daily observations at Montreal/pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl A, a weather station, about 13 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Minneapolis

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at ST Paul Dwtn AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00014927), about 17 km from the city centre.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

How we build these numbers →

← change Montréal · change Minneapolis → · Montréal page · Minneapolis page