Crap Towns / Pontypool / Weather

How often does it rain in Pontypool?

It rains in Pontypool on 152 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 20% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 224th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,419 mm a year, 1.9 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,516 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 448th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)152127
Rainfall (mm)1,419766
Hours of sunshine1,5161,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Oakdale9.9 km163
Newbridge8.3 km162
Abertillery9.3 km160
Abercarn8.7 km159
Blaenavon10.0 km158
Risca10.6 km157
Abersychan5.4 km156
Cwmbrân4.7 km153
Pontypool–152
Rogerstone11.0 km150
Caerleon9.5 km146
The typical town–127