Average Sunshine in Ontario for January

The tables below give January averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at cities and towns in Ontario.

The places are grouped into a separate table for each region of the province: Eastern, Central, Southwestern, Northeastern and Northwestern Ontario.

The tables give three different 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 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.

Eastern Ontario

Total January sunshine
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
30	Cornwall	85	19
32	Kingston	93	20
35	Ottawa	99	21
32	Pembroke	91	22

Central Ontario

Average amount of sun in January
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
30	Hamilton	87	21
31	Peterborough	88	21
22	St Catharines	65	19
30	Toronto	86	21

Southwestern Ontario

Average January sun
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
28	Guelph	80	22
22	London	64	18
28	Sarnia	82	19

Northeastern Ontario

Number of sunny hours and days in January on average
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
29	Kapuskasing	78	20
36	Moosonee	94	22
31	North Bay	86	19
26	Sault Ste Marie	73	19
26	South Baymouth	74	19
31	Sudbury	86	20

Northwestern Ontario

Average total sunshine in January
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
38	Big Trout Lake	94	24
40	Red Lake	104	23
40	Thunder Bay	110	22