Crap Towns / Cardiff / Weather

How often does it rain in Cardiff?

It rains in Cardiff on 154 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 21% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 205th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,204 mm a year, 1.6 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,601 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 308th sunniest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)154127
Rainfall (mm)1,204766
Hours of sunshine1,6011,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Abertridwr and Senghenydd12.4 km170
Beddau13.1 km170
Church Village11.8 km170
Caerphilly9.0 km165
Bedwas10.2 km161
Risca13.9 km157
Cardiff–154
Barry11.5 km152
Rogerstone14.0 km150
Dinas Powis7.5 km150
Penarth6.4 km149
The typical town–127