Crap Towns / Cambridge / Weather
How often does it rain in Cambridge?
It rains in Cambridge on 107 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 16% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 19th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 565 mm a year, 26% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,528 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 480th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 107 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 565 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,528 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 19.2 km | 115 |
| Soham | 20.0 km | 113 |
| Sawston | 9.3 km | 113 |
| Burwell | 15.4 km | 111 |
| Waterbeach | 8.3 km | 111 |
| Cambourne | 14.2 km | 111 |
| Cottenham | 9.0 km | 109 |
| Great Shelford and Stapleford | 6.0 km | 108 |
| Cambridge | – | 107 |
| Longstanton and Northstowe | 9.9 km | 106 |
| Histon and Impington | 5.5 km | 104 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |