Average Sunshine in British Columbia for July

The tables below give July 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 July sunshine
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
57	Abbotsford	277	28
57	Powell River	280	29
59	Vancouver - Richmond	290	29
51	Whistler	251	29

Vancouver Island

Average amount of sun in July
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
61	Courtenay - Comox	300	29
59	Nanaimo	289	30
54	Port Alberni	263	30
41	Port Hardy	202	28
46	Tofino	227	28
65	Victoria - Sidney	318	30

Central British Columbia

Average July sun
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
46	Bella Coola	232	29
61	Kamloops	303	30
60	Kelowna	298	30
59	Penticton	288	30
62	Vernon	307	30
56	Williams Lake	284	30

Southeast BC

Number of sunny hours and days in July on average
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
60	Castlegar	292	31
64	Cranbrook	315	30
46	Golden	227	30
49	Revelstoke	242	29

Northern British Columbia

Average total sunshine in July
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
50	Fort Nelson	274	29
55	Fort St John	287	30
56	Prince George	286	30
29	Prince Rupert	150	25
38	Sandspit	196	28
46	Smithers	240	30