Crap Towns / Harrogate / Weather

How often does it rain in Harrogate?

It rains in Harrogate on 136 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 7% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 354th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 790 mm a year, about the same as the typical town's 766. It gets 1,350 hours of sunshine a year, 12% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 106th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)136127
Rainfall (mm)790766
Hours of sunshine1,3501,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Burley in Wharfedale16.5 km146
Menston17.0 km144
Rawdon18.2 km144
Yeadon16.0 km143
Guiseley17.0 km143
Knaresborough5.3 km138
Harrogate–136
Otley13.7 km135
Wetherby11.8 km129
Ripon16.8 km125
Boston Spa16.1 km122
The typical town–127