British music festivals have been ranked by the amount of rainfall they receive each year.
This isn’t a weather forecast for this summer, it’s an average based on every year that festival has been running to date.
22 festivals have ranked based on the average regional rainfall recorded by the MET Office while the festival was taking place. Accessorize analysed 87 years of historical data.
You’re most likely to get wet at Kendal Calling with a 46% chance of rain, set in the Lake District which gets over 2,000mm of rainfall every year.
London’s We Are FSTVL is in a close second place with a 45% chance of rain, with Bestival in third on 41%. Glastonbury was ranked 10th with a 31%, while Boomtown was 15th on 29%.
London’s Field Day was ranked as the driest festival where it rains just 12.5% of the time.
The UK’s Rainiest Festivals: Full rankings
1. Kendal Calling
Chance of rain: 46.34%
Average rainfall: 3.13 mm
Location: Shap, Lake District
2. We Are FSTVL
Chance of rain: 45.45%
Average rainfall: 2.59 mm
Location: Upminster, London
3. Bestival
Chance of rain: 41.54%
Average rainfall: 2.75 mm
Location: East Lulworth, Dorset
4. Y Not
Chance of rain: 41.46%
Average rainfall: 2.25 mm
Location: Pikehall, Derbyshire
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5. South West Four
Chance of rain: 36.36 %
Average rainfall: 3.17 mm
Location: Clapham Common, London
6. South West Four
Chance of rain: 36.36%
Average rainfall: 2.50 mm
Location: Warrington, Cheshire
7. Parklife
Chance of rain: 35.29%
Average rainfall: 2.81 mm
Location: Heaton Park, Manchester
8. Neighbourhood Weekender
Chance of rain: 33.33%
Average rainfall: 1.77 mm
Location: Warrington, Cheshire
9. Wireless
Chance of rain: 32.61%
Average rainfall: 2.04 mm
Location: Finsbury Park, London
10. Glastonbury
Chance of rain: 31.30%
Average rainfall: 2.07 mm
Location: Worthy Farm, Somerset
11. Lovebox
Chance of rain: 31.25%
Average rainfall: 2.25 mm
Location: Gunnersbury Park, London
12. The Great Escape
Chance of rain: 30.77%
Average rainfall: 2.33 mm
Location: Brighton
13. Latitude
Chance of rain: 30.61%
Average rainfall: 1.95 mm
Location: Southwold, Suffolk
14. Tramlines
Chance of rain: 30.00%
Average rainfall: 2.80 mm
Location: Hillsborough Park, Sheffield
15. Boomtown Fair
Chance of rain: 29.73%
Average rainfall: 2.83 mm
Location: Winchester, Hampshire
16. Leeds Festival
Chance of rain: 28.33%
Average rainfall: 2.77 mm
Location: Leeds, Yorkshire
17. Isle Of Wight Festival
Chance of rain: 26.42%
Average rainfall: 1.91 mm
Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
18. Boardmasters
Chance of rain: 25.00%
Average rainfall: 2.43 mm
Location: Newquay, Cornwall
19. Download Festival
Chance of rain: 23.91%
Average rainfall: 2.06 mm
Location: Donington Park, Derby
20. British Summer Time
Chance of rain: 23.68%
Average rainfall: 0.98 mm
Location: Hyde Park, London
21. Reading Festival
Chance of rain: 22.92%
Average rainfall: 1.78 mm
Location: Reading, Berkshire
22. Field Day Festival
Chance of rain: 12.50%
Average rainfall: 0.63 mm
Location: Meridian Water, London
From Accessorize:
Data sourced from the Met Office’s Hadley Centre website. Data accurate as of 30/04/2019, covering a period of 87 years – with each festival’s percentage based on the years the festival has been going. Average rain percentage calculated by taking an average of all years of data for the region in which the festival takes place.
Accessorize have released this work under the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 Licence.
Image credits:
Glastonbury – Paul Townsend
Download – Matt Eachus / Download Festival
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