Sunshine Hours for Canadian Cities
Vancouver:: Penticton :: Calgary :: Winnipeg :: Toronto :: Ottawa :: Fredericton :: Halifax
Sunshine in Canada
Canada's more densely populated areas get approximately 2,000 hours of bright sunshine annually. (These are the locations within two or three hundred kilometres of the US border)The prairies of central Canada enjoy three or four hundred hours more than this, while near the east coast (e.g. Halifax, Nova Scotia), annual sunshine levels are nearer 1,700 - 1,800 hours, lowered by fog coming in from the Atlantic Ocean.
Pacific Canada - British Columbia has rather dull (and wet) winters, compensated for by sunny summers.
Prairie Canada - Stretching across the centre of Canada, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba enjoy more sunshine all year round than Canada's other provinces.
Eastern Canada - Sunshine is better distributed than in Pacific Canada, so Toronto enjoys more winter sunshine than Vancouver but the reverse is true in summer.
Toronto
Average Sunshine Hours per Day
Calgary vs Vancouver vs Toronto
Average Daily Sunshine Hours
Canadian Cities Compared
| Month | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Penticton, British Columbia |
Calgary, Alberta |
Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Toronto, Ontario |
Ottawa, Ontario |
Fredericton, New Brunswick |
Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Jan. | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
| Feb. | 3.0 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.0 |
| Mar. | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| Apr. | 6.1 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| May | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Jun. | 7.6 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
| Jul. | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Aug. | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.2 |
| Sep. | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| Oct. | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| Nov. | 2.1 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| Dec. | 1.8 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
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