August Sunshine Averages for Canadian Cities

The tables here list the average amount of sun that major cities in Canada get in August. The numbers allow you to compare the month's total hours and days of sunshine for large Canadian urban areas.

For each city there are three measurements 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 this month. Days statistics are for the typical number of days in August with any amount of measurable sunshine. All the data are averages for the years 1981 to 2010.

Total August sunshine

% Sun	City	Hours	Days
59	Abbotsford, British Columbia	263	29
63	Calgary, Alberta	284	30
61	Edmonton, Alberta	282	30
55	Guelph, Ontario	237	29
52	Halifax, Nova Scotia	227	27
61	Hamilton, Ontario	263	30
63	Kelowna, British Columbia	282	30
55	Kingston, Ontario	239	29
50	London, Ontario	218	29

Average amount of sun in August

% Sun	City	Hours	Days
55	Moncton, New Brunswick	241	29
56	Montréal, Quebec	246	30
57	Ottawa, Ontario	249	30
57	Peterborough, Ontario	248	30
53	Québec City, Quebec	232	29
64	Regina, Saskatchewan	287	30
59	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	270	30
53	Sherbrooke, Quebec	177	29
59	St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario	255	30

August sun averages

% Sun	City	Hours	Days
50	Saint John, New Brunswick	217	26
47	St. John's, Newfoundland	207	28
56	Sudbury, Ontario	245	29
58	Thunder Bay, Ontario	256	29
57	Toronto, Ontario	246	29
62	Vancouver, British Columbia	277	29
67	Victoria, British Columbia	298	30
63	Winnipeg, Manitoba	281	30