Crap Towns / Maidstone / Weather
How often does it rain in Maidstone?
It rains in Maidstone on 116 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 9% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 160th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 698 mm a year, 9% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,686 hours of sunshine a year, 10% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 106th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 116 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 698 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,686 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Chatham | 10.2 km | 117 |
| Staplehurst | 11.6 km | 116 |
| Maidstone | – | 116 |
| Kings Hill | 7.7 km | 115 |
| Bearsted | 3.7 km | 115 |
| Rochester | 13.8 km | 115 |
| Gillingham | 11.2 km | 115 |
| Paddock Wood | 13.6 km | 115 |
| Snodland | 8.6 km | 115 |
| Coxheath | 4.0 km | 115 |
| Larkfield | 6.1 km | 113 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |