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Where it rains most in Nord

Fourmies is the rainiest city in Nord, at 129.7 days, ahead of Lille (126.2 days) and Tourcoing (126.2 days). At the other end, Gravelines is the driest city, at 120.5 days.

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The 52 cities of Nord ranked on rainy days
RankCityRainy daysPopulation
1Fourmies129.7 days11,449
2Lille126.2 days238,246
3Tourcoing126.2 days98,772
4Roubaix126.2 days98,286
5Villeneuve-d'Ascq126.2 days62,868
6Wattrelos126.2 days40,847
7Marcq-en-Barœul126.2 days40,184
8Lambersart126.2 days27,090
9Armentières126.2 days26,998
10Loos126.2 days22,567
11La Madeleine126.2 days21,790
12Mons-en-Barœul126.2 days21,105
13Wasquehal126.2 days20,726
14Halluin126.2 days20,715
15Croix126.2 days20,566
16Ronchin126.2 days19,787
17Faches-Thumesnil126.2 days18,619
18Hem126.2 days18,582
19Wattignies126.2 days15,525
20Haubourdin126.2 days15,074
21Roncq126.2 days14,075
22Lys-lez-Lannoy126.2 days14,050
23Mouvaux126.2 days13,369
24Seclin126.2 days13,261
25Saint-André-lez-Lille126.2 days13,233
26Comines126.2 days12,731
27Marquette-lez-Lille126.2 days12,622
28Wambrechies126.2 days11,012
29Annœullin126.2 days10,847
30Neuville-en-Ferrain126.2 days10,002
31Douai122.7 days40,250
32Cambrai122.7 days31,134
33Sin-le-Noble122.7 days16,076
34Caudry122.7 days13,833
35Valenciennes122.3 days43,468
36Denain122.3 days20,665
37Saint-Amand-les-Eaux122.3 days15,974
38Hautmont122.3 days14,152
39Anzin122.3 days13,183
40Raismes122.3 days12,199
41Marly (59)122.3 days11,995
42Somain122.3 days11,766
43Bruay-sur-l'Escaut122.3 days11,644
44Saint-Saulve122.3 days10,947
45Vieux-Condé122.3 days10,617
46Douchy-les-Mines122.3 days10,109
47Dunkerque121.3 days86,263
48Coudekerque-Branche121.3 days20,787
49Grande-Synthe121.3 days20,239
50Hazebrouck120.9 days21,912
51Bailleul120.9 days14,732
52Gravelines120.5 days11,430

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Scope, method and sources

Scope: France, metropolitan and overseas, Corsica and the DROM included. This dataset holds every commune of 10,000 inhabitants or more, plus smaller communes famous enough to be household names, 1,131 in all. It is not the full list of 35,000 French communes, so a village can sit outside a ranking whose extreme it would otherwise hold. This particular ranking is metropolitan only: the distance to the coast is measured against the coastlines of the Hexagon and Corsica, which would put an overseas port thousands of kilometres from a sea it sits on, so no value is published for overseas France rather than a wrong one.

Method and sources: populations are the INSEE legal populations, boundaries and coordinates come from the IGN commune registry, both served by geo.api.gouv.fr. Density is the population divided by the commune's area; distances are measured as the crow flies from the commune's centre. Data read on August 28, 2026.

4 questions about this ranking
What is the rainiest city in Nord?
Fourmies, at 129.7 days, ahead of Lille (126.2 days).
What is the driest city in Nord?
Gravelines, at 120.5 days. 52 cities of Nord are measured here.
Where does Fourmies stand in France?
97 of the 1,040 French cities measured on rainy days. The national ranking is on its own page.
Which cities lead in Nord?
Fourmies (129.7 days), Lille (126.2 days), Tourcoing (126.2 days), Roubaix (126.2 days), Villeneuve-d'Ascq (126.2 days). The whole table is on this page.