Crap Towns / Croydon / Weather
How often does it rain in Croydon?
It rains in Croydon on 119 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 6% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 251st driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 737 mm a year, about the same as the typical town's 766. It gets 1,573 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 380th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 119 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 737 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,573 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Caterham | 7.6 km | 130 |
| Warlingham | 5.4 km | 128 |
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 11.0 km | 123 |
| Banstead | 8.6 km | 121 |
| Bromley | 9.8 km | 121 |
| Croydon | – | 119 |
| Ewell | 10.9 km | 115 |
| Sutton | 6.3 km | 115 |
| Merton | 9.8 km | 113 |
| Lambeth | 11.2 km | 113 |
| Lewisham | 11.3 km | 110 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |