Crap Towns / East Kilbride / Weather
How often does it rain in East Kilbride?
It rains in East Kilbride on 177 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 39% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 34th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,293 mm a year, 1.7 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,345 hours of sunshine a year, 12% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 94th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 177 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,293 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,345 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Newton Mearns | 9.0 km | 182 |
| Clarkston | 6.9 km | 178 |
| East Kilbride | – | 177 |
| Giffnock | 8.3 km | 173 |
| Rutherglen | 7.1 km | 170 |
| Cambuslang | 6.9 km | 169 |
| Viewpark | 11.3 km | 164 |
| Blantyre | 6.9 km | 164 |
| Hamilton | 8.3 km | 163 |
| Uddingston | 9.4 km | 162 |
| Bothwell | 8.8 km | 161 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |