Crap Towns / Portsmouth / Weather
How often does it rain in Portsmouth?
It rains in Portsmouth on 118 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 7% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 212th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 772 mm a year, about the same as the typical town's 766. It gets 1,690 hours of sunshine a year, 10% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 103rd sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 118 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 772 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,690 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Horndean | 10.7 km | 130 |
| Denmead | 8.9 km | 126 |
| Waterlooville | 6.9 km | 124 |
| Emsworth | 10.0 km | 122 |
| Fareham | 9.2 km | 121 |
| Gosport | 6.0 km | 121 |
| Ryde | 12.7 km | 119 |
| Havant | 7.3 km | 119 |
| Portsmouth | – | 118 |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 9.9 km | 117 |
| South Hayling | 7.9 km | 114 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |