The honest answer to when you should fly Phoenix to Vancouver is mostly about weather and demand at the far end. On three years of daily observations at the arrival airport, Jun-Sep gives the most comfortable combination of temperature and rainfall in Vancouver.
Averages below come from three full years of daily readings at Vancouver’s main airport, not from a seasonal generalisation. The warmest month is July (average high 23°C), the coolest is January (average low 2°C), and the wettest is December (316 mm).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Phoenix high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | 2°C | 218 mm | 15 | 19°C |
| February | 7°C | 2°C | 154 mm | 15 | 23°C |
| March | 9°C | 4°C | 231 mm | 20 | 27°C |
| April | 13°C | 6°C | 84 mm | 10 | 30°C |
| May | 17°C | 10°C | 82 mm | 11 | 35°C |
| June good | 20°C | 13°C | 61 mm | 8 | 41°C |
| July good | 23°C | 15°C | 37 mm | 5 | 42°C |
| August good | 23°C | 15°C | 64 mm | 6 | 42°C |
| September good | 19°C | 13°C | 89 mm | 10 | 38°C |
| October | 14°C | 8°C | 238 mm | 17 | 33°C |
| November | 9°C | 5°C | 263 mm | 19 | 24°C |
| December | 8°C | 4°C | 316 mm | 23 | 21°C |
Climate data: Open-Meteo reanalysis archive.
Vancouver keeps the same clock time as Phoenix, so there is no adjustment to plan for and the date you choose is purely about weather and price.
We publish observed fares for this route when we have them, and say nothing when we do not — there is no estimate on this page. What holds regardless of the route:
Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday on most routes, because that is where demand sits rather than because of any pricing trick. Where we have observed fares for Phoenix–Vancouver, the weekday breakdown appears further down this page; where we do not, we leave it out rather than estimate it.
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