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.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 152 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,419 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,516 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Oakdale | 9.9 km | 163 |
| Newbridge | 8.3 km | 162 |
| Abertillery | 9.3 km | 160 |
| Abercarn | 8.7 km | 159 |
| Blaenavon | 10.0 km | 158 |
| Risca | 10.6 km | 157 |
| Abersychan | 5.4 km | 156 |
| Cwmbrân | 4.7 km | 153 |
| Pontypool | – | 152 |
| Rogerstone | 11.0 km | 150 |
| Caerleon | 9.5 km | 146 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |