Crap Towns / Chester-le-Street / Weather

How often does it rain in Chester-le-Street?

It rains in Chester-le-Street on 130 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), about the same as the typical town's 127. That makes it the 453rd wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 692 mm a year, 10% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,517 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 450th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)130127
Rainfall (mm)692766
Hours of sunshine1,5171,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Pelton and Ouston3.0 km134
Sacriston5.1 km134
Stanley7.4 km133
Birtley4.8 km132
Chester-le-Street–130
Washington6.8 km127
Hetton-le-Hole9.0 km127
Durham8.1 km125
Fence Houses5.1 km125
Houghton-le-Spring6.9 km124
Shiney Row and Penshaw6.0 km124
The typical town–127