Average Sunshine in British Columbia for August

The tables below give August 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 August sunshine
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
59	Abbotsford	263	29
59	Powell River	264	29
62	Vancouver - Richmond	277	29
54	Whistler	241	29

Vancouver Island

Average amount of sun in August
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
60	Courtenay - Comox	269	30
63	Nanaimo	280	30
59	Port Alberni	263	30
42	Port Hardy	189	28
45	Tofino	200	28
67	Victoria - Sidney	298	30

Central British Columbia

Average August sun
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
45	Bella Coola	207	29
64	Kamloops	290	31
63	Kelowna	282	30
63	Penticton	280	30
66	Vernon	295	30
60	Williams Lake	273	30

Southeast BC

Number of sunny hours and days in August on average
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
62	Castlegar	276	31
68	Cranbrook	303	30
51	Golden	229	30
52	Revelstoke	234	30

Northern British Columbia

Average total sunshine in August
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
54	Fort Nelson	258	29
56	Fort St John	260	29
57	Prince George	262	30
32	Prince Rupert	150	25
41	Sandspit	188	29
47	Smithers	217	30