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.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 173 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,219 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,365 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Ramsbottom | 8.7 km | 182 |
| Bolton | – | 173 |
| Horwich | 7.3 km | 171 |
| Westhoughton | 7.5 km | 171 |
| Farnworth | 4.9 km | 170 |
| Little Hulton | 6.8 km | 169 |
| Little Lever | 5.1 km | 167 |
| Walkden | 8.1 km | 163 |
| Kearsley | 6.5 km | 161 |
| Radcliffe | 7.9 km | 161 |
| Atherton | 7.7 km | 160 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |