Crap Towns / Durham / Weather

How often does it rain in Durham?

It rains in Durham on 125 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 443rd driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 716 mm a year, 7% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,505 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 409th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)125127
Rainfall (mm)716766
Hours of sunshine1,5051,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Pelton and Ouston10.7 km134
Sacriston5.3 km134
Spennymoor8.7 km131
Chester-le-Street8.1 km130
Ushaw Moor and Bearpark4.1 km129
Brandon4.6 km128
Hetton-le-Hole8.5 km127
Durham–125
Fence Houses8.2 km125
Houghton-le-Spring8.9 km124
Shiney Row and Penshaw10.8 km124
The typical town–127