#T1Stanwell
11,728 peopleRain a year·15 days of 10 mm+·#345 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Stanwell, #1 on this list · Photo: Maxwell Hamilton from Greater London, England, UK · CC BY 2.0Surrey rankings · Climate
Driest towns in Surrey
Stanwell (tied with 1 more) is the driest of Surrey’s 66 towns of 2,500+: 628 mm of rain in a typical year (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here gets 738 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.
#T1628mm
#T1West Molesey
47,144 peopleRain a year·15 days of 10 mm+·#345 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#T3Ashford
22,823 peopleRain a year·15 days of 10 mm+·#355 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 66 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.
66 towns.
#TownRain a yearDays 10 mm+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What is the driest town in Surrey?
Stanwell: 628 mm of rain in a typical year, the most in November 69 mm. West Molesey and Ashford 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 Surrey’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Surrey 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 live65 towns · #1 WreccleshamBest small towns27 towns · #1 WreccleshamMost affordable towns65 towns · #1 WhyteleafeSafest towns65 towns · #1 WreccleshamTowns with the best schools65 towns · #1 East Horsley and FarnhamHealthiest towns65 towns · #1 East HorsleyBest towns for jobs & income65 towns · #1 AshteadMost walkable towns65 towns · #1 EpsomTowns with the lowest flood risk65 towns · #1 Banstead and 10 moreBest towns for the outdoors65 towns · #1 WhyteleafeMost historic towns65 towns · #1 FarnhamTowns with the most civic life65 towns · #1 Bramley and WonershTowns with the highest household incomes66 towns · #1 EsherDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax66 towns · #1 Addlestone and 3 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters66 towns · #1 Ashford and 2 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers66 towns · #1 West MoleseyDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers66 towns · #1 AshteadDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts66 towns · #1 Sunbury-on-ThamesDescribed, no lettersWettest towns66 towns · #1 HaslemereDescribed, 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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