Crap Towns / Penzance / Weather

How often does it rain in Penzance?

It rains in Penzance on 162 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 28% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 135th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,169 mm a year, 1.5 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,718 hours of sunshine a year, 12% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 76th sunniest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)162127
Rainfall (mm)1,169766
Hours of sunshine1,7181,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Penzance–162
Penryn31.3 km162
Redruth26.1 km161
Pool and Illogan23.9 km159
Falmouth33.2 km158
Truro38.6 km157
St Ives10.7 km157
Camborne20.6 km156
Helston19.7 km154
Newquay47.5 km152
Hayle12.4 km151
The typical town–127