Crap Towns / Pontypridd / Weather
How often does it rain in Pontypridd?
It rains in Pontypridd 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 72nd wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,606 mm a year, 2.1 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,513 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 436th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 171 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,606 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,513 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Tonypandy | 8.6 km | 185 |
| Tonyrefail | 7.3 km | 180 |
| Porth | 5.1 km | 180 |
| Pontypridd | – | 171 |
| Abertridwr and Senghenydd | 4.4 km | 170 |
| Beddau | 5.6 km | 170 |
| Church Village | 4.7 km | 170 |
| Caerphilly | 8.0 km | 165 |
| Ystrad Mynach | 8.1 km | 163 |
| Abercynon | 4.8 km | 162 |
| Treharris | 6.6 km | 162 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |