Crap Towns / Swindon / Weather
How often does it rain in Swindon?
It rains in Swindon on 124 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), about the same as the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 414th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 727 mm a year, 5% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,598 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: joint 315th sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 124 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 727 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,598 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Marlborough | 17.1 km | 133 |
| Calne | 20.0 km | 132 |
| Royal Wootton Bassett | 7.6 km | 132 |
| Cirencester | 19.7 km | 131 |
| Broad Blunsdon | 4.6 km | 128 |
| Wroughton | 4.8 km | 126 |
| Stratton St Margaret | 4.0 km | 124 |
| Swindon | – | 124 |
| Highworth | 9.1 km | 124 |
| Faringdon | 17.4 km | 123 |
| Shrivenham and Watchfield | 11.4 km | 123 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |