Crap Towns / Merthyr Tydfil / Weather

How often does it rain in Merthyr Tydfil?

It rains in Merthyr Tydfil on 173 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 36% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 54th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,498 mm a year, 2.0 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,337 hours of sunshine a year, 13% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 76th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)173127
Rainfall (mm)1,498766
Hours of sunshine1,3371,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Treherbert14.2 km191
Treorchy14.0 km187
Rhondda14.0 km182
Aberdare6.7 km177
Mountain Ash7.7 km175
Merthyr Tydfil–173
Tredegar9.7 km172
Ebbw Vale12.2 km169
Bargod12.3 km167
Abercynon12.1 km162
Treharris11.3 km162
The typical town–127