Crap Towns / Gateshead / Weather

How often does it rain in Gateshead?

It rains in Gateshead on 126 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 467th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 672 mm a year, 12% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,500 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 399th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)126127
Rainfall (mm)672766
Hours of sunshine1,5001,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Whickham6.5 km135
Pelton and Ouston7.1 km134
Birtley4.6 km132
Washington5.7 km127
Gateshead–126
Blaydon8.3 km126
Newcastle upon Tyne7.6 km123
Hebburn5.7 km121
Boldon Colliery7.6 km121
Wallsend7.8 km121
Jarrow7.3 km119
The typical town–127