Average Sunshine in British Columbia for September

The tables below give September 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 September sunshine
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
53	Abbotsford	202	28
55	Powell River	207	28
56	Vancouver - Richmond	213	28
51	Whistler	194	28

Vancouver Island

Average amount of sun in September
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
60	Courtenay - Comox	227	29
56	Nanaimo	214	28
52	Port Alberni	196	29
39	Port Hardy	150	26
46	Tofino	176	26
60	Victoria - Sidney	229	29

Central British Columbia

Average September sun
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
41	Bella Coola	157	26
59	Kamloops	223	29
57	Kelowna	216	29
56	Penticton	212	29
55	Vernon	208	29
52	Williams Lake	199	28

Southeast BC

Number of sunny hours and days in September on average
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
54	Castlegar	204	29
58	Cranbrook	218	29
43	Golden	162	29
44	Revelstoke	169	28

Northern British Columbia

Average total sunshine in September
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
44	Fort Nelson	171	26
46	Fort St John	178	27
46	Prince George	178	27
30	Prince Rupert	116	23
36	Sandspit	138	26
40	Smithers	153	27