Average Sunshine in British Columbia for March

The tables below give March 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 March sunshine
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
36	Abbotsford	132	24
35	Powell River	129	24
37	Vancouver - Richmond	135	25
33	Whistler	123	24

Vancouver Island

Average amount of sun in March
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
34	Courtenay - Comox	125	25
36	Nanaimo	133	25
30	Port Alberni	112	26
31	Port Hardy	114	25
34	Tofino	126	24
39	Victoria - Sidney	145	27

Central British Columbia

Average March sun
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
33	Bella Coola	120	25
45	Kamloops	165	29
40	Kelowna	148	28
39	Penticton	144	28
43	Vernon	157	28
42	Williams Lake	155	28

Southeast BC

Number of sunny hours and days in March on average
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
35	Castlegar	129	25
44	Cranbrook	163	28
30	Golden	111	25
34	Revelstoke	125	25

Northern British Columbia

Average total sunshine in March
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
46	Fort Nelson	166	27
48	Fort St John	175	28
42	Prince George	153	28
28	Prince Rupert	103	22
32	Sandspit	116	25
35	Smithers	128	27