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How often does it rain in South Shields?

It rains in South Shields on 119 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 6% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 245th 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 1,586 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 345th sunniest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)119127
Rainfall (mm)650766
Hours of sunshine1,5861,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Shiremoor8.3 km123
Hebburn5.8 km121
Sunderland8.3 km121
Boldon Colliery3.9 km121
Wallsend6.6 km121
East Boldon and West Boldon3.7 km120
Tynemouth4.8 km119
South Shields–119
Whitley Bay8.1 km119
Jarrow3.6 km119
Whitburn4.7 km118
The typical town–127