Average Annual Precipitation for the United Kingdom
The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities and towns in the United Kingdom.
Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of precipitation. The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches).
The annual amount of precipitation is an average of weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.
Annual precipitation averages for the entire UK are 133 days of rain or snow, totalling 885 millimetres (33.7 inches).
You can jump to a separate table for: Southern England, Northern England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Southern England
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
125 | Birmingham | 26.8 | 681 |
108 | Cambridge | 22.4 | 568 |
115 | Eastbourne | 31.3 | 795 |
122 | Exeter | 33.4 | 848 |
116 | Ipswich | 24.2 | 614 |
110 | London | 23.3 | 592 |
117 | Lowestoft | 24.4 | 620 |
155 | Newquay | 40.1 | 1017 |
116 | Oxford | 26.0 | 660 |
183 | Princetown, Dartmoor Park | 78.7 | 1998 |
Northern England
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
146 | Blackpool | 34.8 | 883 |
113 | Grimsby | 23.1 | 588 |
184 | Malham Tarn, Yorkshire Dales | 61.0 | 1550 |
143 | Manchester | 32.6 | 829 |
122 | Newcastle | 25.6 | 651 |
150 | Penrith | 37.3 | 947 |
132 | Sheffield | 32.9 | 835 |
Wales
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
146 | Aberporth | 34.9 | 888 |
171 | Aberystwyth | 47.9 | 1217 |
149 | Cardiff | 45.4 | 1152 |
149 | Tenby | 43.7 | 1111 |
143 | Valley, Anglesey | 33.1 | 841 |
Scotland
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
138 | Aberdeen | 34.1 | 866 |
122 | Dundee | 27.2 | 691 |
126 | Edinburgh | 28.7 | 730 |
134 | Forres | 26.2 | 665 |
167 | Glasgow | 49.0 | 1245 |
189 | Kirkwall, Orkney Islands | 40.9 | 1039 |
202 | Lerwick, Shetland Islands | 49.5 | 1257 |
198 | Oban | 66.2 | 1681 |
205 | Stornoway, Outer Hebrides | 49.2 | 1249 |
194 | Tiree, Inner Hebrides | 49.4 | 1255 |
Northern Ireland
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
150 | Armagh | 32.0 | 812 |
158 | Belfast | 33.9 | 861 |
183 | Londonderry | 40.4 | 1027 |
Reference
Met Office. UK Climate Averages. 1981 - 2010 Averages.