Rain, rain come and stay: Britain's top 10 wettest cities revealed

Analysis of Met Office climate records dating from 1981 revealed that Cardiff is Britain’s wettest city.

18:03 20 October 2014

If you think that Manchester is Britain’s wettest city, you better think again. Based on the analysis of Met Office climate records from 1981, Manchester, which is known as “the Rainy City” barely makes the top 10. Its averages just 86.7cms of rain every year. 

 

Meanwhile, Cardiff, which averages to 115cms every year has been named Britain’s wettest city. 

 

Glasgow (112cms) is second, Preston (103.4cms) third, and Huddersfield (102.8cms) fourth. Manchester comes in eighth - behind Plymouth and Blackpool, too.

 

Meanwhile, London is the driest place in country getting just 56cms a rain each year. It is closely followed by Ipswich, Cambridge, and Middlebrough. 

 

Check out the top 10 rainiest cities below!

 

City	Rain per year (cms)	Days per year with rain
Cardiff	115.19	148.6
Glasgow	112.43	170.3
Preston	103.36	153.2
Huddersfield	102.84	154.4
Plymouth	100.74	142.1
Blackpool	88.27	145.5
Carlisle	87.21	148.6
Manchester	86.71	151.7
Gloucester	84.34	145.6
Liverpool	83.66	144.3