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About
Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. Edmonton is located in Treaty 6 territory. The city anchors the northern end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor".
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Edmonton, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Edmonton
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
13° / 4°
UV Moderate
Sat
Overcast
7° / 1°
UV Moderate
Sun
Drizzle
14° / 1°
1.8 mm
UV High
Mon
Drizzle
16° / 4°
UV High
Tue
Drizzle
17° / 6°
1.2 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Drizzle
16° / 7°
0.6 mm
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
29° / -6°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.9h
05:34 – 21:25local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Edmonton
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Edmonton International Airport (YEG) at 25 km.
Getting around Edmonton
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
VIA RailETSStATStrathcona County TransitFlixbusTrain de CharlevoixSpruce Grove TransitRider ExpressB Metro
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.