Crap Towns / Aberystwyth / Weather

How often does it rain in Aberystwyth?

It rains in Aberystwyth on 160 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 26% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 163rd wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 999 mm a year, 30% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,538 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 473rd sunniest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)160127
Rainfall (mm)999766
Hours of sunshine1,5381,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Ystalyfera74.0 km185
Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes67.9 km181
Pontardawe77.5 km181
Ammanford69.0 km176
Carmarthen63.9 km176
Pontarddulais77.4 km173
Aberystwyth–160
Llandrindod Wells50.9 km160
Newtown52.0 km155
Brecon69.3 km150
Welshpool68.7 km139
The typical town–127