Average Sunshine in Quebec for January

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

The places are grouped into a separate table for each region of the province: Southern Quebec, South-Central Quebec, Western Quebec, Gaspé Peninsula, North Shore and Northern Quebec.

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 January with any amount of measurable sunshine. All the data are averages for the years 1981 to 2010.

Southern Quebec

Average amount of sun in January
% Sun Place Hours Days
36 Montréal 101 21
30 Sherbrooke 84 21
24 St Hyacinthe 69 18
27 Thetford Mines 75 19

South-Central Quebec

% Sun Place Hours Days
35 Québec City 99 20
36 Roberval 98 22

Western Quebec

% Sun Place Hours Days
29 Amos 80 20
33 Maniwaki 93 20
35 Ste-Agathe-des-Monts 98 21
32 Val-D'or 87 21

Gaspé Peninsula

% Sun Place Hours Days
39 Gaspé 106 22
22 Iles de la Madeleine 61 20
19 Rimouski 53 17

North Shore

Average total sunshine in January
% Sun Place Hours Days
42 Baie-Comeau 113 23
36 Blanc-Sablon 94 19
39 Natashquan 103 22
35 Schefferville 86 22

Northern Quebec

% Sun Place Hours Days
31 Inukjuak 68 21
25 Kuujjuaq 56 18
30 Kuujjuarapik 72 20
31 Radisson 77 20
Reference

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

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