Is the weather particularly bad in England? There's a well-known claim that weather is particularly rainy in England. > In the UK, a country known for its bad weather and lack of sunshine, there appears to be an ever increasing number of very tanned young people. --Sunbeds Is it true that there are more rainy days in England with respect to the rest of Europe? What about with the rest of the (populated) world?

There are mixed claims in the question, _"lack of sunshine"_ does not mean _"above average rainfall"_ nor _"more rainy days"_. It means more days with significant cloud coverage (some of which may be rainy).

As you can see on below map, insolation (average sunshine energy received) of UK is significantly lower than rest of Europe. !enter image description here

There are two factors determining insolation, weather and latitude. Since insolation of UK is much lower than of other European countries at same latitude, and similar to countries much farther north, only factor responsible for that difference can be bad (cloudy) weather.