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The driest places in Africa in April

Ziguinchor tops the list at 0 mm in April. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Rainfall
1 Ziguinchor Senegal 0 mm 37 °C 0 mm
2 Mbour Senegal 0.01 mm 32 °C 0 mm
3 Kaolack Senegal 0.02 mm 37 °C 0 mm
4 Serekunda Gambia 0.03 mm 28 °C 0 mm
5 Banjul Gambia 0.03 mm 30 °C 0 mm
6 Rufisque Senegal 0.04 mm 28 °C 0 mm
7 Diourbel Senegal 0.04 mm 37 °C 0 mm
8 Dakar Senegal 0.04 mm 25 °C 0 mm
9 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 0.04 mm 34 °C 0 mm
10 Esna Egypt 0.05 mm 34 °C 0 mm
11 Thiès Senegal 0.05 mm 33 °C 0 mm
12 Thiès Nones Senegal 0.05 mm 31 °C 0 mm
13 Touba Senegal 0.05 mm 38 °C 0 mm
14 Girga Egypt 0.07 mm 33 °C 0 mm
15 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.07 mm 35 °C 0 mm
16 Nouakchott Mauritania 0.07 mm 32 °C 0 mm
17 Saint-Louis Senegal 0.08 mm 28 °C 0 mm
18 Sohag Egypt 0.08 mm 32 °C 0 mm
19 Minya Egypt 0.09 mm 30 °C 0 mm
20 Khartoum Sudan 0.2 mm 39 °C 0 mm
21 Al Fayyum Egypt 0.3 mm 30 °C 0 mm
22 Hurghada Egypt 0.3 mm 27 °C 0 mm
23 Mallawī Egypt 0.3 mm 31 °C 0 mm
24 Kayes Mali 0.3 mm 42 °C 0 mm
25 Assiut Egypt 0.4 mm 32 °C 0 mm
26 El Fasher Sudan 0.5 mm 37 °C 0 mm
27 Wad Medani Sudan 0.5 mm 41 °C 1 mm
28 Praia Cabo Verde 0.7 mm 26 °C 1 mm
29 6th of October City Egypt 0.7 mm 28 °C 1 mm
30 Tahoua Niger 0.8 mm 40 °C 1 mm
31 Zinder Niger 0.8 mm 39 °C 1 mm
32 Cairo Egypt 0.9 mm 29 °C 1 mm
33 El Obeid Sudan 1.0 mm 38 °C 1 mm
34 Laayoune Western Sahara 1.1 mm 25 °C 1 mm
35 Kassala Sudan 1.2 mm 40 °C 1 mm
36 Suez Egypt 1.2 mm 28 °C 1 mm
37 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 1.2 mm 28 °C 1 mm
38 New Cairo Egypt 1.4 mm 27 °C 1 mm
39 Maradi Niger 1.5 mm 40 °C 2 mm
40 Kosti Sudan 1.6 mm 41 °C 2 mm
41 Zagazig Egypt 1.6 mm 29 °C 2 mm
42 Ismailia Egypt 1.7 mm 28 °C 2 mm
43 Nyala Sudan 1.8 mm 38 °C 2 mm
44 Niamey Niger 2.0 mm 41 °C 2 mm
45 Katsina Nigeria 2.4 mm 39 °C 2 mm
46 Al-Junaynah Sudan 2.6 mm 37 °C 3 mm
47 Sokoto Nigeria 2.6 mm 41 °C 3 mm
48 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 2.6 mm 23 °C 3 mm
49 Singa Sudan 2.7 mm 41 °C 3 mm
50 Port Sudan Sudan 2.7 mm 32 °C 3 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.