Crap Towns / Colchester / Weather

How often does it rain in Colchester?

It rains in Colchester on 109 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 14% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 38th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 600 mm a year, 22% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,693 hours of sunshine a year, 11% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 99th sunniest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)109127
Rainfall (mm)600766
Hours of sunshine1,6931,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Sudbury20.0 km114
Hadleigh17.6 km112
Colchester–109
Halstead19.3 km108
Berechurch3.3 km108
Tiptree14.1 km108
Wivenhoe5.2 km107
Clacton-on-Sea19.6 km106
West Mersea12.7 km105
Jaywick19.1 km104
Brightlingsea12.2 km103
The typical town–127