Crap Towns / Swanscombe / Weather
How often does it rain in Swanscombe?
It rains in Swanscombe on 105 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 17% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 7th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 581 mm a year, 24% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,647 hours of sunshine a year, 8% higher than the typical town's 1,532: the 175th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 105 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 581 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,647 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley | 6.6 km | 112 |
| Chadwell St Mary | 6.1 km | 109 |
| Gravesend | 6.0 km | 109 |
| Dartford | 4.6 km | 108 |
| Grays | 4.5 km | 107 |
| Northfleet | 2.8 km | 106 |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 4.4 km | 106 |
| Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock | 4.0 km | 106 |
| Stone | 2.5 km | 105 |
| Swanscombe | – | 105 |
| Tilbury | 4.4 km | 105 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |