Crap Towns / Canterbury / Weather
How often does it rain in Canterbury?
It rains in Canterbury on 113 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 11% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 87th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 668 mm a year, 13% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,765 hours of sunshine a year, 15% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 43rd sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 113 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 668 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,765 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Whitfield | 20.2 km | 128 |
| Hawkinge | 19.3 km | 127 |
| Aylesham | 10.1 km | 124 |
| Ashford | 21.0 km | 121 |
| Folkestone | 21.8 km | 121 |
| Deal | 22.6 km | 116 |
| Whitstable | 8.7 km | 113 |
| Canterbury | – | 113 |
| Faversham | 14.0 km | 108 |
| Herne | 8.9 km | 106 |
| Herne Bay | 10.9 km | 106 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |