Average Sunshine in British Columbia for May

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The tables below give May 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 this month. Days statistics are for the typical number of days in May with any amount of measurable sunshine. All the data are averages for the years 1971 to 2000.

Southwest BC Mainland

Total May sunshine
% Sun Place Hours Days
44 Abbotsford 210 28
48 Powell River 229 29
49 Vancouver - Richmond 231 29

Vancouver Island

Average amount of sun in May
% Sun Place Hours Days
48 Nanaimo 226 29
41 Port Alberni 194 29
37 Port Hardy 178 28
52 Sidney 246 29
44 Tofino 208 26
57 Victoria 267 30

Central British Columbia

Average May sun
% Sun Place Hours Days
43 Bella Coola 208 29
52 Kamloops 251 30
50 Kelowna 236 30
50 Penticton 237 30
52 Vernon 249 30
52 Williams Lake 251 30

Southeast BC

Number of sunny hours and days in May on average
% Sun Place Hours Days
48 Castlegar 226 30
53 Cranbrook 254 30
44 Revelstoke 210 29

Northern British Columbia

Average total sunshine in May
% Sun Place Hours Days
56 Fort St John 281 29
50 Prince George 249 30
35 Prince Rupert 174 26
41 Sandspit 199 29
45 Smithers 224 30
Reference

Environment Canada. National Climate Data and Information Archive. Canadian Climate Normals or Averages 1971-2000.

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