Crap Towns / Darlington / Weather

How often does it rain in Darlington?

It rains in Darlington on 121 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 302nd driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 659 mm a year, 14% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,466 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: joint 299th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)121127
Rainfall (mm)659766
Hours of sunshine1,4661,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Richmond18.1 km135
Bishop Auckland16.3 km132
Ferryhill17.4 km128
Shildon12.8 km128
Stockton-on-Tees15.6 km126
Egglescliffe12.9 km125
Thornaby-on-Tees17.3 km125
Newton Aycliffe10.3 km124
Ingleby Barwick15.5 km123
Yarm13.7 km122
Darlington–121
The typical town–127