Crap Towns / Folkestone / Weather
How often does it rain in Folkestone?
It rains in Folkestone 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 802 mm a year, about the same as the typical town's 766. It gets 1,927 hours of sunshine a year, 26% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 2nd sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 121 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 802 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,927 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Whitfield | 13.8 km | 128 |
| Hawkinge | 3.7 km | 127 |
| Dover | 12.8 km | 125 |
| Aylesham | 16.5 km | 124 |
| Ashford | 19.1 km | 121 |
| Folkestone | – | 121 |
| Hythe | 4.5 km | 120 |
| Deal | 23.0 km | 116 |
| Littlestone-on-Sea | 17.2 km | 115 |
| Canterbury | 21.8 km | 113 |
| Herne | 29.8 km | 106 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |