Crap Towns / Burnley / Weather

How often does it rain in Burnley?

It rains in Burnley 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 46th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,181 mm a year, 1.5 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,267 hours of sunshine a year, 17% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 6th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)173127
Rainfall (mm)1,181766
Hours of sunshine1,2671,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Bacup11.0 km183
Rawtenstall10.3 km179
Church11.1 km174
Burnley–173
Accrington9.7 km173
Clayton-le-Moors9.9 km172
Padiham5.1 km171
Brierfield3.4 km170
Nelson5.1 km168
Colne8.3 km167
Barrowford6.7 km167
The typical town–127