Crap Towns / Galashiels / Weather

How often does it rain in Galashiels?

It rains in Galashiels on 143 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 13% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 304th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 793 mm a year, about the same as the typical town's 766. It gets 1,348 hours of sunshine a year, 12% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 104th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)143127
Rainfall (mm)793766
Hours of sunshine1,3481,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Peebles24.4 km161
Penicuik35.8 km155
Hawick21.2 km151
Gorebridge29.8 km146
Bonnyrigg34.6 km145
Loanhead36.8 km144
Galashiels–143
Mayfield32.3 km142
Dalkeith34.8 km141
Kelso23.5 km131
Tranent37.7 km125
The typical town–127