Average Sunshine in Ontario for December

The tables below give December 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 December with any amount of measurable sunshine. All the data are averages for the years 1981 to 2010.

Eastern Ontario

Total December sunshine
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
22	Cornwall	61	17
26	Kingston	73	20
30	Ottawa	83	20
22	Pembroke	61	16

Central Ontario

Average amount of sun in December
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
25	Hamilton	71	19
25	Peterborough	69	18
25	St Catharines	69	18
28	Toronto	78	20

Southwestern Ontario

Average December sun
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
20	Guelph	55	18
19	London	52	16
24	Sarnia	67	17

Northeastern Ontario

Number of sunny hours and days in December on average
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
22	Kapuskasing	55	17
22	Moosonee	55	16
26	North Bay	69	16
21	Sault Ste Marie	56	17
21	South Baymouth	57	16
24	Sudbury	64	17

Northwestern Ontario

Average total sunshine in December
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
27	Big Trout Lake	63	18
33	Red Lake	82	20
35	Thunder Bay	91	21