Average Sunshine in British Columbia for June

The tables below give June 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 June sunshine
% Sun Place Hours Days
44 Abbotsford 214 27
46 Powell River 224 27
47 Vancouver - Richmond 227 28
42 Whistler 205 28

Vancouver Island

Average amount of sun in June
% Sun Place Hours Days
47 Courtenay - Comox 231 28
47 Nanaimo 226 28
40 Port Alberni 194 27
34 Port Hardy 166 26
39 Tofino 191 26
52 Victoria - Sidney 252 29

Central British Columbia

Average June sun
% Sun Place Hours Days
40 Bella Coola 198 27
51 Kamloops 252 29
50 Kelowna 245 29
49 Penticton 237 29
51 Vernon 252 28
48 Williams Lake 242 29

Southeast BC

Number of sunny hours and days in June on average
% Sun Place Hours Days
48 Castlegar 233 29
55 Cranbrook 268 29
39 Golden 194 28
43 Revelstoke 213 29

Northern British Columbia

Average total sunshine in June
% Sun Place Hours Days
52 Fort Nelson 285 28
51 Fort St John 266 27
49 Prince George 251 29
30 Prince Rupert 154 24
36 Sandspit 184 27
42 Smithers 217 28
Reference

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.

British Columbia Sunshine
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