Crap Towns / Newcastle upon Tyne / Weather

How often does it rain in Newcastle upon Tyne?

It rains in Newcastle upon Tyne on 123 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 365th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 679 mm a year, 11% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,495 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 377th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)123127
Rainfall (mm)679766
Hours of sunshine1,4951,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Whickham6.5 km135
Gateshead7.6 km126
Blaydon5.9 km126
Wideopen5.3 km125
Killingworth6.3 km125
Longbenton5.2 km123
Newcastle upon Tyne–123
Ryton7.6 km122
Hebburn8.6 km121
Throckley7.5 km121
Wallsend7.9 km121
The typical town–127