Average Sunshine in British Columbia for April

The tables below give April averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at cities and towns in British Columbia.

The places are grouped into a separate table for each region of the province: Southwest Mainland, Vancouver Island, Central BC, Southeast BC and Northern BC.

Each place has three measures of sunshine. The number for % Sun is the usual percentage of daylight hours with bright sunshine.

Hours gives the total hours of bright sunshine that's normal during a year. Days statistics are for the typical number of days annually with any amount of measurable sunshine. All the data are averages for the years 1981 to 2010.

Southwest BC Mainland

Total April sunshine
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
42	Abbotsford	172	26
43	Powell River	178	26
45	Vancouver - Richmond	185	26
39	Whistler	162	27

Vancouver Island

Average amount of sun in April
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
44	Courtenay - Comox	182	27
44	Nanaimo	179	27
37	Port Alberni	151	26
35	Port Hardy	143	26
41	Tofino	170	25
47	Victoria - Sidney	191	27

Central British Columbia

Average April sun
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
38	Bella Coola	160	27
49	Kamloops	203	29
46	Kelowna	191	28
46	Penticton	190	29
48	Vernon	197	28
48	Williams Lake	198	29

Southeast BC

Number of sunny hours and days in April on average
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
42	Castlegar	174	28
52	Cranbrook	215	29
37	Golden	155	28
38	Revelstoke	158	27

Northern British Columbia

Average total sunshine in April
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
55	Fort Nelson	236	28
52	Fort St John	223	27
49	Prince George	205	28
35	Prince Rupert	146	25
38	Sandspit	158	27
42	Smithers	177	28