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How often does it rain in Prestonpans?

It rains in Prestonpans on 122 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), about the same as the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 336th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 650 mm a year, 15% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,473 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: joint 321st gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)122127
Rainfall (mm)650766
Hours of sunshine1,4731,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Gorebridge13.1 km146
Bonnyrigg12.2 km145
Loanhead13.9 km144
Mayfield10.7 km142
Dalkeith8.8 km141
Edinburgh14.9 km132
Musselburgh4.8 km129
Tranent2.3 km125
Haddington12.2 km125
Prestonpans–122
Cockenzie2.8 km118
The typical town–127