Average Sunshine in British Columbia for May

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 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 May sunshine
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
44	Abbotsford	209	27
48	Powell River	227	28
47	Vancouver - Richmond	223	28
43	Whistler	207	29

Vancouver Island

Average amount of sun in May
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
48	Courtenay - Comox	231	29
47	Nanaimo	224	29
40	Port Alberni	191	29
36	Port Hardy	175	27
43	Tofino	203	26
51	Victoria - Sidney	241	29

Central British Columbia

Average May sun
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
42	Bella Coola	204	29
52	Kamloops	252	30
50	Kelowna	238	30
49	Penticton	234	30
52	Vernon	249	30
51	Williams Lake	249	30

Southeast BC

Number of sunny hours and days in May on average
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
48	Castlegar	227	30
54	Cranbrook	257	30
43	Golden	210	30
43	Revelstoke	209	30

Northern British Columbia

Average total sunshine in May
% Sun	Place	Hours	Days
51	Fort Nelson	267	29
53	Fort St John	268	29
50	Prince George	248	30
34	Prince Rupert	171	26
40	Sandspit	194	28
44	Smithers	218	29