Sidney weather
Loading live data…Light rain,rain likely tomorrow
Env. Canada, the European and the American model agree on a high near 11° in Sidney today. Tomorrow: heavy drizzle, around 12°, with a 99% chance of rain.
Latest for Sidney: Env. Canada (GEM model): 8° Clear · European (ECMWF): 6° Overcast · American (NOAA GFS): 5° Overcast.
CheckWeather.io on iPhoneFree. No ads, no account.Sidney weather in numbers
from 30 years of measured normalsSidney swings 20°C across the year, from 23°C highs in July to 3°C lows in January, and November is usually the wettest month in a year that brings about 1049 mm of precipitation.
The weather map: all three models at once
Env. Canada, European, American side by side around Sidney and nearby towns.Live rain radar →Sidney hourly forecast: next 14 hours
consensus of the three modelsRain in the next 24 hours, model by model
each model's own hourly precipitation, side by sideLoading the three models…
Sidney 10-day forecast, out to 14 days
where the models agree, and where they splitSidney, British Columbia is at its warmest in Jul (average highs near 23°C) and coldest in Jan (lows around 3°C), with roughly 1049 mm of precipitation across the year. Below, compare what Env. Canada, European, American forecast for Sidney right now, and see exactly where they disagree.
We grade every model against the weather that actually happened, so you can see which forecast model is most accurate in Canada before you trust any single number.
Sidney climate by month
average daytime high and overnight low across a typical year (1991-2020)Source: 1991-2020 averages, ERA5 for this place adjusted with NASA POWER.
How the weather around Sidney has changed since 1995
Sidney sits in the same roughly 50 km square of NASA's reanalysis as Victoria. That square shows no clear change in temperature between 1995-2004 and 2015-2024. See the full 30-year picture on the Victoria page.
Which forecast is most accurate in Sidney?
CheckWeather Score, graded against the weather that actually happened
The CheckWeather Score blends temperature, wind and rain accuracy, each measured against ERA5 (the recorded weather) over the last 30 days across 1320 cities. Lower error means a higher score. See which forecast model is most accurate in Canada, how we measure forecast accuracy, or which model each weather app uses.
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Where the models disagree
temperature and rain, judged separatelyThe models often agree on temperature and still split on rain, and rain is usually what decides whether a plan survives. A wide rain range means the shower is genuinely uncertain, not that the forecast is wrong.