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Québec City is at its best for city & culture in June to July and September to October. Good but not prime in May, August and December.
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City & Culture | 12 | 43 | 17 | 43 | 77 | 94 | 92 | 78 | 95 | 85 | 41 | 56 |
| Festivals & Events | 14 | 86 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 70 | 94 | 71 | 43 | 41 | 8 | 63 |
No reliable monthly crowd data for this destination — the proxy used elsewhere did not pass its checks here, so nothing is shown rather than a guess.
Swipe the table sideways for the rest of the year.
The only walled city north of Mexico, and the rare northern destination where deep winter is a selling point rather than a problem — the Carnaval, the ice hotel and the snow-lit Old Town are the February product
November and April — the shoulder months, when the ice hotel and much of the winter programme are not running.
July and August, and Carnaval in early February
Compact and walkable, though the Old Town is steep and cobbled and the Lower Town connects by funicular. Winter is genuinely cold — below −15°C overnight and around −7°C by day.
Inside the walls is the atmosphere and the price. Saint-Roch and Saint-Jean-Baptiste are ten minutes downhill, much cheaper, and where the city actually eats.
Regularly below −15°C, and the Old Town is steep and cobbled under ice. The city is built for it; visitors often are not.Jan · Feb · Mar · Dec
Kept out of the score on purpose. Averaging a rare catastrophe into a monthly number would tell you something false; the warning is the honest form.