December Sunshine Averages for Canadian Cities

The tables here list the average amount of sun that major cities in Canada get in December. 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 December with any amount of measurable sunshine. All the data are averages for the years 1981 to 2010.

Total December sunshine

% Sun	City	Hours	Days
25	Abbotsford, British Columbia	65	17
46	Calgary, Alberta	114	27
36	Edmonton, Alberta	84	23
20	Guelph, Ontario	55	18
38	Halifax, Nova Scotia	105	23
25	Hamilton, Ontario	71	19
14	Kelowna, British Columbia	35	16
26	Kingston, Ontario	73	20
19	London, Ontario	52	16

Average amount of sun in December

% Sun	City	Hours	Days
37	Moncton, New Brunswick	101	21
31	Montréal, Quebec	84	21
30	Ottawa, Ontario	83	20
25	Peterborough, Ontario	69	18
31	Québec City, Quebec	82	20
34	Regina, Saskatchewan	85	22
36	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	86	23
25	Sherbrooke, Quebec	59	20
25	St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario	69	18

December sun averages

% Sun	City	Hours	Days
37	Saint John, New Brunswick	102	21
24	St. John's, Newfoundland	62	18
24	Sudbury, Ontario	64	17
35	Thunder Bay, Ontario	91	21
28	Toronto, Ontario	78	20
22	Vancouver, British Columbia	56	16
23	Victoria, British Columbia	59	19
39	Winnipeg, Manitoba	99	23