Like most cities alongside the Saguenay River and east of St-Jean Lake, La Baie has a continental climate that is milder than the surrounding Laurentian Plateau.
La Baie has an average annual temperature of 2.3 °C (36.1 °F) with temperatures varying between −44 and 36 °C (−47 and 97 °F).
Even though it is located on the same latitude as warmer European cities such as Paris or Vienna, La Baie has long, cold winters and short, mild summers.

The borough receives an average of 660 mm (26 in) of rain and 340 cm (130 in) of snow annually.
July is the rainiest month while February is the driest.
Skies are overcast 60 to 65% of the time; the borough has an average of 1,720 hours of sunshine per year.

During the winter, the average thickness of the ice on Ha!
Ha!
Bay is 75 cm (30 in).
Icebreakers keep the Saguenay River open for ships until Port-Alfred, where tides can reach up to 6 m (20 ft).
Like most cities alongside the Saguenay River and east of St-Jean Lake, La Baie has a continental climate that is milder than the surrounding Laurentian Plateau. La Baie has an average annual temperature of 2.3 °C (36.1 °F) with temperatures varying between −44 and 36 °C (−47 and 97 °F). Even though it is located on the same latitude as warmer European cities such as Paris or Vienna, La Baie has long, cold winters and short, mild summers.
The borough receives an average of 660 mm (26 in) of rain and 340 cm (130 in) of snow annually. July is the rainiest month while February is the driest. Skies are overcast 60 to 65% of the time; the borough has an average of 1,720 hours of sunshine per year.
During the winter, the average thickness of the ice on Ha! Ha! Bay is 75 cm (30 in). Icebreakers keep the Saguenay River open for ships until Port-Alfred, where tides can reach up to 6 m (20 ft).
La Baie