Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum is a museum of culture and natural history in Toronto. It is one of the 93 sights in Canada listed on this site and is the 30th most looked-up sight in the country on English Wikipedia.
Planning a visit
The museum is located 352 km from Ottawa. Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is 4 km away, and Toronto Pearson International Airport is 19 km away. For weather, July and August are the warmest months with daily highs of 25 °C. The coldest months are January and February, with daily highs of -1 °C and 0 °C. Rainfall varies throughout the year; August is the wettest month with 90 mm of rain, while March is the driest with 58 mm. Other months with notable rain include November at 87 mm and June at 81 mm.
Nearby sights include Yonge Street (0.7 km), the Art Gallery of Ontario (1.6 km), Casa Loma (1.7 km), Sankofa Square (1.7 km), and Canada's Walk of Fame (2.4 km). The museum is wheelchair accessible and has an entry fee. It is open from 10:00 to 17:30 on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and from 10:00 to 18:30 on Friday.
Weather by month
The warmest month is July, with an average high of 25 °C. Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high, °C | -1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Average low, °C | -7 | -7 | -4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 3 | -3 |
| Rainfall, mm | 64 | 61 | 58 | 76 | 82 | 81 | 84 | 90 | 80 | 76 | 87 | 68 |
| Rainy days | 15 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 16 |
Temperatures and rainfall: 1981–2010 averages for this spot (4 km grid), from CHELSA. Rainy days: 2015–2024, NASA POWER.
