January Sunshine Averages for Canadian Cities

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

Total January sunshine

% Sun	City	Hours	Days
25	Abbotsford, British Columbia	68	18
46	Calgary, Alberta	120	27
40	Edmonton, Alberta	101	25
28	Guelph, Ontario	80	22
38	Halifax, Nova Scotia	109	22
30	Hamilton, Ontario	87	21
15	Kelowna, British Columbia	39	16
32	Kingston, Ontario	93	20
22	London, Ontario	64	18

Average amount of sun in January

% Sun	City	Hours	Days
41	Moncton, New Brunswick	116	22
36	Montréal, Quebec	101	21
35	Ottawa, Ontario	99	21
31	Peterborough, Ontario	88	21
35	Québec City, Quebec	99	20
36	Regina, Saskatchewan	96	24
41	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	106	24
30	Sherbrooke, Quebec	86	21
22	St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario	65	19

January sun averages

% Sun	City	Hours	Days
44	Saint John, New Brunswick	125	23
24	St. John's, Newfoundland	65	19
31	Sudbury, Ontario	86	20
40	Thunder Bay, Ontario	110	22
30	Toronto, Ontario	86	21
22	Vancouver, British Columbia	60	18
26	Victoria, British Columbia	71	20
43	Winnipeg, Manitoba	115	24