Crap Towns / Bolton / Weather

How often does it rain in Bolton?

It rains in Bolton on 173 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 36% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 49th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,219 mm a year, 1.6 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,365 hours of sunshine a year, 11% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 126th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)173127
Rainfall (mm)1,219766
Hours of sunshine1,3651,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Ramsbottom8.7 km182
Bolton–173
Horwich7.3 km171
Westhoughton7.5 km171
Farnworth4.9 km170
Little Hulton6.8 km169
Little Lever5.1 km167
Walkden8.1 km163
Kearsley6.5 km161
Radcliffe7.9 km161
Atherton7.7 km160
The typical town–127