Crap Towns / Rhondda / Weather
How often does it rain in Rhondda?
It rains in Rhondda on 182 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 43% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 13th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 2,074 mm a year, 2.7 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,467 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 305th gloomiest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 182 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 2,074 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,467 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Treherbert | 6.7 km | 191 |
| Treorchy | 3.1 km | 187 |
| Tonypandy | 2.7 km | 185 |
| Rhondda | – | 182 |
| Tonyrefail | 7.7 km | 180 |
| Porth | 5.8 km | 180 |
| Aberdare | 7.7 km | 177 |
| Mountain Ash | 7.5 km | 175 |
| Pontypridd | 10.6 km | 171 |
| Abercynon | 10.0 km | 162 |
| Treharris | 11.7 km | 162 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |