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.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 122 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 668 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,465 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe | 5.6 km | 127 |
| Groby | 6.7 km | 125 |
| Anstey | 5.9 km | 124 |
| Leicester | – | 122 |
| Enderby and Narborough | 6.8 km | 121 |
| Oadby | 5.6 km | 121 |
| Wigston | 5.5 km | 120 |
| Thurmaston | 5.9 km | 120 |
| Blaby and Whetstone | 7.3 km | 118 |
| Birstall | 5.6 km | 118 |
| Syston | 8.5 km | 118 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |