Crap Towns / Oldham / Weather

How often does it rain in Oldham?

It rains in Oldham on 171 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 35% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 68th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,161 mm a year, 1.5 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,288 hours of sunshine a year, 16% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 13th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)171127
Rainfall (mm)1,161766
Hours of sunshine1,2881,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Shaw4.6 km176
Lees2.6 km173
Mossley4.9 km173
Uppermill6.1 km171
Oldham–171
Royton3.4 km171
Middleton6.5 km169
Chadderton3.7 km167
Ashton-under-Lyne5.0 km167
Failsworth5.5 km167
Droylsden7.1 km157
The typical town–127