Choropleth Maps
- Dr Alexa Simm
- Feb 11
- 1 min read
Anyone else had enough of the rain this year?
Interestingly, the Met Office have mapped the rainfall across the UK in January 2026 comparing it to the average January rainfall over the last 30 years using a choropleth map.
Choropleth maps classify regions of a geographical area by shading, with a key showing what each grade of shading represents. This map uses a combination of two colours, each getting darker as they move further away from the average to indicate drier and wetter.
It's always good when you can see what you learn in GCSE Statistics being applied in real life.
Choropleth maps are covered in Unit 2 (Processing, representing and analysing data) of our GCSE Statistics courses.
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