Crap Towns / Chester / Weather
How often does it rain in Chester?
It rains in Chester on 133 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 joint 394th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 727 mm a year, 5% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,474 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 325th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 133 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 727 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,474 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Buckley | 12.5 km | 151 |
| Frodsham | 16.2 km | 150 |
| Gwersyllt | 15.7 km | 148 |
| Helsby | 12.3 km | 145 |
| Hawarden | 8.3 km | 143 |
| Connah's Quay | 11.8 km | 141 |
| Shotton | 9.7 km | 139 |
| Ellesmere Port | 9.5 km | 138 |
| Neston | 16.1 km | 137 |
| Chester | – | 133 |
| Broughton | 6.0 km | 133 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |