Crap Towns / Inverness / Weather
How often does it rain in Inverness?
It rains in Inverness on 149 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 17% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 260th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 785 mm a year, about the same as the typical town's 766. It gets 1,233 hours of sunshine a year, 20% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 149 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 785 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,233 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Fort William | 89.5 km | 212 |
| Alness | 25.4 km | 160 |
| Dingwall | 19.3 km | 154 |
| Westhill | 3.8 km | 150 |
| Inverness | – | 149 |
| Blairgowrie | 112.2 km | 147 |
| Elgin | 58.2 km | 147 |
| Buckie | 78.9 km | 143 |
| Forres | 39.8 km | 137 |
| Nairn | 24.6 km | 135 |
| Lossiemouth | 62.1 km | 133 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |