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.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 162 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,169 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,718 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Penzance | – | 162 |
| Penryn | 31.3 km | 162 |
| Redruth | 26.1 km | 161 |
| Pool and Illogan | 23.9 km | 159 |
| Falmouth | 33.2 km | 158 |
| Truro | 38.6 km | 157 |
| St Ives | 10.7 km | 157 |
| Camborne | 20.6 km | 156 |
| Helston | 19.7 km | 154 |
| Newquay | 47.5 km | 152 |
| Hayle | 12.4 km | 151 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |