Crap Towns / Leicester / Weather

How often does it rain in Leicester?

It rains in Leicester on 122 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 333rd driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 668 mm a year, 13% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,465 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: joint 292nd gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)122127
Rainfall (mm)668766
Hours of sunshine1,4651,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe5.6 km127
Groby6.7 km125
Anstey5.9 km124
Leicester–122
Enderby and Narborough6.8 km121
Oadby5.6 km121
Wigston5.5 km120
Thurmaston5.9 km120
Blaby and Whetstone7.3 km118
Birstall5.6 km118
Syston8.5 km118
The typical town–127