Crap Towns / Leigh / Weather

How often does it rain in Leigh?

It rains in Leigh on 154 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 21% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 211th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 934 mm a year, 22% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,432 hours of sunshine a year, 7% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 234th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)154127
Rainfall (mm)934766
Hours of sunshine1,4321,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Westhoughton5.0 km171
Hindley4.6 km169
Little Hulton8.2 km169
Platt Bridge and Abram4.7 km167
Ince-in-Makerfield6.4 km167
Ashton-in-Makerfield7.0 km163
Golborne4.2 km161
Atherton4.2 km160
Tyldesley4.9 km160
Culcheth5.1 km157
Leigh–154
The typical town–127