#1Aberystwyth
14,646 peopleRain a year·28 days of 10 mm+·#1,997 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Aberystwyth, #1 on this list · Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0Dyfed rankings · Climate
Driest towns in Dyfed
Aberystwyth is the driest of Dyfed’s 23 towns of 2,500+: 1,016 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 1,268 mm.
Rain in a typical year, in millimetres. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid, the cells inside each town averaged (contains Met Office data © Crown copyright). A described list: no letters. The rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland sits beside each figure.
#11,016mm
#2Milford Haven
14,251 peopleRain a year·34 days of 10 mm+·#2,148 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Tenby
4,092 peopleRain a year·37 days of 10 mm+·#2,171 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 23 towns, ranked
Rain a year, lowest first. Towns smaller than a 2 km cell share its figures. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland links to the national list.
23 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the driest town in Dyfed?
Aberystwyth: 1,016 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in November 118 mm. Milford Haven and Tenby follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the rain that falls in a typical year, least first, from the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid: the cells inside the town, or the one nearest its centre for a town smaller than a cell. The figure is the one on each town’s Climate page.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers Dyfed’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Dyfed is on the county page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live23 towns · #1 LlangennechBest small towns18 towns · #1 LlangennechMost affordable towns23 towns · #1 LlanelliSafest towns23 towns · #1 LlangennechHealthiest towns23 towns · #1 SaundersfootBest towns for jobs & income23 towns · #1 Hendy and FforestMost walkable towns23 towns · #1 AberystwythTowns with the lowest flood risk23 towns · #1 Cross Hands and Pen-y-groesBest towns for the outdoors23 towns · #1 Burry PortMost historic towns23 towns · #1 TenbyTowns with the most civic life23 towns · #1 LampeterTowns with the highest household incomes23 towns · #1 Hendy and FforestDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax23 towns · #1 Fishguard and 7 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters23 towns · #1 Milford HavenDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers23 towns · #1 Hendy and Fforest and LlangennechDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers23 towns · #1 FishguardDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts23 towns · #1 Milford HavenDescribed, no lettersWettest towns23 towns · #1 BrynammanDescribed, no letters
County by county
Driest towns, county by county
AberdeenshireBedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexFifeGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireHighlandKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth LanarkshireNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth LanarkshireSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
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