Crap Towns / Porth / Weather
How often does it rain in Porth?
It rains in Porth on 180 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 42% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 20th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,987 mm a year, 2.6 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,493 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 368th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 180 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,987 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,493 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Treorchy | 8.9 km | 187 |
| Tonypandy | 3.5 km | 185 |
| Rhondda | 5.8 km | 182 |
| Tonyrefail | 4.0 km | 180 |
| Porth | – | 180 |
| Mountain Ash | 8.1 km | 175 |
| Pontypridd | 5.1 km | 171 |
| Beddau | 7.2 km | 170 |
| Church Village | 7.9 km | 170 |
| Abercynon | 6.7 km | 162 |
| Treharris | 8.8 km | 162 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |