Crap Towns / Manchester / Weather

How often does it rain in Manchester?

It rains in Manchester on 160 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 26% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 168th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 924 mm a year, 21% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,370 hours of sunshine a year, 11% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 132nd gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)160127
Rainfall (mm)924766
Hours of sunshine1,3701,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Chadderton7.6 km167
Failsworth4.8 km167
Manchester–160
Prestwich7.3 km159
Audenshaw5.4 km158
Salford5.3 km157
Droylsden4.2 km157
Denton6.7 km156
Reddish5.1 km155
Old Trafford6.8 km153
Stretford7.1 km152
The typical town–127