One Dry Day

Conservatory roof replacement in Margate

Margate had 661 mm of rain a year across 2024 and 2025, less than the 911 mm the average town in our ledger had. That still leaves 272 days a year with under 0.2 mm between 8am and 4pm, the kind of day a roof comes off and goes back on.

It also counts 55 noise nights a year, nights with rain hard enough to drum on polycarbonate between 11pm and 7am. We replace polycarbonate and glass conservatory roofs in Margate with 75 mm insulated panel roofs from £3,000, fitted onto the frame you have.

272
dry working days a year
55
noise nights a year
661 mm
rain a year
Victorian conservatory with a white insulated panel roof in sun
The same Victorian, panel roof on.

Margate's rain, day by day

Every sliver is one day, darker for more rain; the orange marks underneath are dry working days. Met Office UKV 2 km model data for Margate, January 2024 to December 2025.

2024700 mm of rain, 269 dry working days
2025621 mm of rain, 275 dry working days

When to book in Margate

In Margate the driest working months were June, August and December, and the wettest was February, when 61% of days stayed dry from 8am to 4pm.

The longest run of dry working days in a row was 25, ending in April 2025. The longest wait without one was 5 days. That is why we book roofs a week or two ahead and confirm the day on the forecast: a dry day turns up in almost every week of the year. When to book a roof swap has the full reasoning.

Dry working days by month in Margate
  1. 23Jan
  2. 18Feb
  3. 24Mar
  4. 24Apr
  5. 24May
  6. 25Jun
  7. 23Jul
  8. 26Aug
  9. 21Sep
  10. 22Oct
  11. 22Nov
  12. 25Dec

dry working days, the three highest picked out. Average of 2024 and 2025.

Rain at night in Margate

A noise night is one with at least an hour of moderate rain (0.5 mm or more) between 11pm and 7am. Margate had 55 a year, fewer than the 65 of the average town, and 6 nights with a heavy hour over 4 mm.

In the lab, heavy rain on 25 mm polycarbonate measures 64.6 dB against 52.0 dB for double glazed roof glass. Nobody has published the same test for aluminium panel roofs, so we will not put a number on ours. How loud rain is on each kind of roof sets out what is measured.

808 wet hours a year, by how hard it rains
  • Light (under 0.5 mm an hour)421 h
  • Moderate (0.5 to 4 mm)370 h
  • Heavy (over 4 mm)17 h
Kendal: 92Carlisle: 77Penrith: 79Barrow-in-Furness: 86Workington: 84Whitehaven: 89Blackpool: 82Burnley: 84Blackburn: 87Chorley: 89Durham: 53Darlington: 50Hartlepool: 55Middlesbrough: 48Sunderland: 50Gateshead: 49Morpeth: 51Hexham: 61Stockton-on-Tees: 50Whitley Bay: 50Ripon: 58Skipton: 78Whitby: 59Bridlington: 63Goole: 51Castleford: 52Dewsbury: 55Northallerton: 48Thirsk: 51Driffield: 59Boston: 53Skegness: 55Spalding: 50Louth: 57Grimsby: 55Scunthorpe: 55Gainsborough: 51Sleaford: 51Bourne: 56Horncastle: 57King's Lynn: 58Great Yarmouth: 61Lowestoft: 59Thetford: 59Cromer: 58Dereham: 58Felixstowe: 52Sudbury: 52Haverhill: 54Newmarket: 56Maidstone: 61Canterbury: 60Ashford: 66Folkestone: 72Dover: 70Margate: 55Sevenoaks: 66Tonbridge: 62Gravesend: 53Whitstable: 57Brighton: 69Worthing: 72Eastbourne: 70Hastings: 70Crawley: 62Horsham: 65Chichester: 69Bognor Regis: 67Haywards Heath: 67Lewes: 73Southampton: 65Portsmouth: 66Winchester: 66Andover: 63Fareham: 71Bournemouth: 69Poole: 68Weymouth: 72Dorchester: 75Aldershot: 59Plymouth: 80Torquay: 77Barnstaple: 87Newton Abbot: 73Exmouth: 66Tiverton: 79Truro: 86Falmouth: 80Penzance: 92Newquay: 78Yeovil: 68Wells: 78Minehead: 67Burnham-on-Sea: 70Chard: 73Shepton Mallet: 78Warminster: 70Melksham: 64Calne: 63Marlborough: 68Margate
Margate and the towns around it, sized by noise nights a year

Near Margate

We fit panel roofs across the Medway valley, the Weald and the coast from Thanet round to Folkestone. The nearest towns in our ledger:

All Kent towns or every town we cover.

Guide prices in Margate

The same as everywhere we work, fitted with the old roof taken away. Style nudges it; the survey fixes it in writing. What the price covers.

Guide prices from, by style and size
Style Small Medium Large
Lean-to £3,000 £4,000 £5,000
Edwardian £3,150 £4,200 £5,250
Victorian £3,300 £4,400 £5,500
Gable end £3,350 £4,500 £5,600
P-Shape £3,550 £4,700 £5,900
Empty conservatory with a solid panel ceiling after fitting
Cleared, finished, ready for furniture.

Questions from Margate

How many dry days does Margate get for fitting a roof?

Our ledger counts 272 dry working days a year in Margate, days with under 0.2 mm of rain between 8am and 4pm. Most roofs need one; we pick it from the forecast in the week before.

Is a polycarbonate roof noisier in Margate than elsewhere?

The roof is the same anywhere; the rain is not. Margate has 55 noise nights a year against 65 in the average town we track, and 17 hours of heavy rain.

What does a new conservatory roof cost in Margate?

Guide prices are the same as everywhere we work: from £3,000 for a small roof, £4,000 for medium and £5,000 for large, fixed in writing after a free survey.

Do you keep my conservatory frame?

Usually, yes. The bars, the dwarf wall and the frame get tested at the survey, and only a sound frame gets a panel roof price.

Worth reading before a Margate survey

Price a panel roof in Margate

Tap through seven questions for a guide range. The surveyor then measures, tests the frame and commits the figure to paper.