Crap Towns / Swanley / Weather
How often does it rain in Swanley?
It rains in Swanley on 114 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 10% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 104th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 658 mm a year, 14% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,609 hours of sunshine a year, 5% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 287th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 114 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 658 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,609 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Bromley | 8.8 km | 121 |
| Otford and Kemsing | 9.5 km | 119 |
| Swanley | – | 114 |
| Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley | 10.1 km | 112 |
| Greenwich | 11.6 km | 108 |
| Dartford | 7.0 km | 108 |
| Bexley | 7.2 km | 107 |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 10.3 km | 106 |
| Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock | 12.2 km | 106 |
| Stone | 8.4 km | 105 |
| Swanscombe | 10.7 km | 105 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |