Quebec

Quebec
Flag
Capital	Montréal
Official languages	French
Demonym(s)	Québecois (m.) Québecoise (f.)
Legislature	National Assembly of Québec
Area
• Total	1,542,056.14 km2 (595,391.20 sq mi)
Population
• 2022 estimate	8,751,352
HDI	0.972 very high
Time zone	UTC-5
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4

Quebec officially Quebec Federal Democratique et Libre is a sovereign country located in North America who gained independence from Canada on October 30, 1995 (1995-10-30) following a landslide victory of independentism in the referendum convoked then. It is the largest French-speaking country in America as well as one of the largest in the world. Since the independence, Quebec reached a superb economic and social development, dodgering a crisis in the first lustrum of 1990s.

Geography

Climate

Climate data for Montréal, Québec (1990-2050)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	18.3 (64.9)	21.8 (71.2)	25.9 (78.6)	28.3 (82.9)	31.1 (88.0)	34.6 (94.3)	36.9 (98.4)	36.9 (98.4)	32.7 (90.9)	28.9 (84.0)	22.2 (72.0)	18.7 (65.7)	28.0 (82.4)
Average low °C (°F)	12.9 (55.2)	14.6 (58.3)	18.6 (65.5)	19.2 (66.6)	19.9 (67.8)	21.2 (70.2)	22.5 (72.5)	20.1 (68.2)	18.2 (64.8)	17.7 (63.9)	16.4 (61.5)	15.2 (59.4)	18.0 (64.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	89.8 (3.54)	99.9 (3.93)	99.8 (3.93)	88.8 (3.50)	73.7 (2.90)	64.5 (2.54)	71.2 (2.80)	83.4 (3.28)	95.9 (3.78)	83.9 (3.30)	80.6 (3.17)	71.4 (2.81)	1,002.9 (39.48)

Climate data for Montréal, Quebec
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average precipitation days	7	11	10	9	5	4	5	7	9	9	7	7	90
Average relative humidity (%)	91	88	86	86	85	87	89	88	88	84	87	89	87