Crap Towns / York / Weather

How often does it rain in York?

It rains in York on 118 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 7% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 212th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 645 mm a year, 16% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,405 hours of sunshine a year, 8% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 186th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)118127
Rainfall (mm)645766
Hours of sunshine1,4051,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Pocklington20.5 km134
Easingwold19.6 km129
Wetherby19.8 km129
Haxby6.4 km123
Boston Spa18.3 km122
Huntington4.1 km121
Tadcaster14.9 km120
Strensall9.5 km119
York–118
Sherburn in Elmet20.5 km117
Selby19.7 km116
The typical town–127