Average Sunshine in British Columbia for October

The tables below give October 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 October sunshine
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
37	Abbotsford	123	24
33	Powell River	111	23
36	Vancouver - Richmond	121	23
33	Whistler	109	23

Vancouver Island

Average amount of sun in October
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
35	Courtenay - Comox	116	22
39	Nanaimo	132	24
31	Port Alberni	103	24
29	Port Hardy	96	23
35	Tofino	116	22
41	Victoria - Sidney	137	26

Central British Columbia

Average October sun
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
24	Bella Coola	81	22
39	Kamloops	131	28
37	Kelowna	125	27
40	Penticton	135	28
38	Vernon	128	26
37	Williams Lake	124	26

Southeast BC

Number of sunny hours and days in October on average
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
37	Castlegar	123	25
48	Cranbrook	159	29
26	Golden	85	25
27	Revelstoke	88	23

Northern British Columbia

Average total sunshine in October
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
31	Fort Nelson	98	21
42	Fort St John	135	26
33	Prince George	108	25
22	Prince Rupert	72	21
30	Sandspit	98	24
27	Smithers	88	24