Does it rain in Vancouver as much as Portland?

[beenhereandthere]

Actually, Vancouver is basically the same temperature as Portland, during the Winter. While Vancouver, is 300 miles more north, Portland is inland and doesn't have the marine influence that Vancouver does, so it's basically a wash. Seattle is 1 to 2 degrees warmer than both of them during the winter.
Summertime, though, Portland is for sure warmer, than Seattle and Vancouver, for the same reason.
I heard Portland gets about 36 inches of rain a year, where Vancouver, thanks to the North Shore Mountains, gets about 48 inches.

[Humanandneedtobeloved]

Honestly, pretty much the whole belt from Eugene, Oregon to Vancouver, BC shares a similar climate.

[thedwightguy]

remember you're quite a bit further south; more open skies and watch your barometric pressure. Even here in Victoria the pressure is much higher (my knee doesn't forecast the weather like Vancouver, B.C.) and much drier in the summer. (i.e. Garry Oak ecosystems)

There are at least a dozen "weather belts" in the lower mainland, and I'm surprised someone hasn't mapped them. From the north shore (damp forest, drizzling and pouring) to the Port Mann (local comment: it's always raining as you cross the Fraser River) to turning off your wiper blades, 100 yards from the border crossing. (it's always sunny in beautiful White Rock)

I did that for twenty years every week, driving down to my Whatcom County "unibomber" cabin.

No matter what the stats say empirically, I'm finding Victoria to be much more similar to Portland, and not at all like Vancouver. Note: Vic is the northern terminus of the "Garry Oak" ecosystem, with Portland being one of its' southernmost climes.

[thedwightguy]

Originally Posted by Humanandneedtobeloved

Honestly, pretty much the whole belt from Eugene, Oregon to Vancouver, BC shares a similar climate.

It's called a hygro-thermal system; the only other area of N. America similar are in the hills of Appalachia.