Average Sunshine in British Columbia for November

The tables below give November 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 November sunshine
% Sun Place Hours Days
23 Abbotsford 65 18
18 Powell River 48 16
22 Vancouver - Richmond 60 18
15 Whistler 42 16

Vancouver Island

Average amount of sun in November
% Sun Place Hours Days
21 Courtenay - Comox 58 17
24 Nanaimo 67 19
13 Port Alberni 35 15
21 Port Hardy 56 18
23 Tofino 63 17
26 Victoria - Sidney 73 20

Central British Columbia

Average November sun
% Sun Place Hours Days
8 Bella Coola 20 12
24 Kamloops 64 21
19 Kelowna 51 19
19 Penticton 53 19
22 Vernon 58 19
23 Williams Lake 60 19

Southeast BC

Number of sunny hours and days in November on average
% Sun Place Hours Days
18 Castlegar 48 17
25 Cranbrook 70 20
10 Golden 26 13
12 Revelstoke 33 13

Northern British Columbia

Average total sunshine in November
% Sun Place Hours Days
26 Fort Nelson 60 17
28 Fort St John 71 20
20 Prince George 51 18
17 Prince Rupert 43 17
22 Sandspit 58 20
16 Smithers 40 16
Reference

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.

British Columbia Sunshine
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