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How often does it rain in Ilkeston?

It rains in Ilkeston on 124 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 401st driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 723 mm a year, 6% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,498 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 393rd gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)124127
Rainfall (mm)723766
Hours of sunshine1,4981,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Heanor6.1 km128
West Hallam3.1 km127
Eastwood5.8 km125
Ilkeston–124
Sandiacre4.8 km123
Breaston and Draycott7.2 km123
Beeston6.8 km123
Long Eaton8.2 km123
Nuthall and Watnall6.2 km121
Stapleford4.5 km121
Borrowash7.6 km121
The typical town–127