Crap Towns / Cwmbrân / Weather
How often does it rain in Cwmbrân?
It rains in Cwmbrân on 153 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 20% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 219th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,383 mm a year, 1.8 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,533 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 488th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 153 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,383 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,533 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Oakdale | 10.3 km | 163 |
| Newbridge | 8.3 km | 162 |
| Pontllanfraith | 11.4 km | 161 |
| Abercarn | 7.1 km | 159 |
| Risca | 7.5 km | 157 |
| Abersychan | 9.7 km | 156 |
| Cwmbrân | – | 153 |
| Pontypool | 4.7 km | 152 |
| Rogerstone | 6.4 km | 150 |
| Caerleon | 5.8 km | 146 |
| Newport | 7.6 km | 145 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |