Crap Towns / Swansea / Weather

How often does it rain in Swansea?

It rains in Swansea on 165 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 30% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 108th wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,300 mm a year, 1.7 times the typical town's 766. It gets 1,543 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 458th sunniest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)165127
Rainfall (mm)1,300766
Hours of sunshine1,5431,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Ystalyfera17.0 km185
Pontardawe10.7 km181
Clydach6.7 km176
Neath8.4 km175
Baglan7.8 km173
Pontarddulais10.7 km173
Port Talbot11.3 km170
Llanelli15.4 km166
Swansea–165
Gorseinon8.2 km164
Gowerton6.5 km162
The typical town–127