Crap Towns / Elgin / Weather

How often does it rain in Elgin?

It rains in Elgin on 147 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 16% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 274th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 729 mm a year, about the same as the typical town's 766. It gets 1,388 hours of sunshine a year, 9% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 161st gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)147127
Rainfall (mm)729766
Hours of sunshine1,3881,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Alness56.7 km160
Dingwall67.1 km154
Westhill54.5 km150
Fraserburgh77.2 km150
Inverness58.2 km149
Inverurie68.9 km147
Elgin–147
Buckie21.0 km143
Forres18.5 km137
Nairn34.3 km135
Lossiemouth7.8 km133
The typical town–127