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The driest places in Africa in August: ranked by rainfall

9 destinations share the top spot at 0 mm in August, listed by fewest wet days, starting with Assiut. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in August: Assiut (0 mm) , Al Fayyum (0 mm) , Esna (0 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 0.3 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Assiut Egypt 0 mm 39 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 374 h –
2 Al Fayyum Egypt 0 mm 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
3 Esna Egypt 0 mm 40 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 373 h –
4 6th of October City Egypt 0 mm 36 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
5 Minya Egypt 0 mm 37 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 375 h –
6 Sohag Egypt 0 mm 39 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 373 h –
7 Mallawī Egypt 0 mm 38 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 375 h –
8 Hurghada Egypt 0 mm 35 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 379 h 29 °C
9 Girga Egypt 0 mm 40 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 373 h –
10 Suez Egypt 0.00 mm 36 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 379 h –
11 Zagazig Egypt 0.00 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 369 h –
12 Damanhur Egypt 0.00 mm 34 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
13 New Cairo Egypt 0.00 mm 35 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
14 Cairo Egypt 0.01 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
15 Herāt Afghanistan 0.01 mm 34 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 386 h –
16 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.01 mm 41 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
17 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 0.01 mm 35 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 376 h –
18 Al Mansurah Egypt 0.01 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
19 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 0.01 mm 32 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 377 h 28 °C
20 Ismailia Egypt 0.02 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 367 h –
21 Likasi Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.02 mm 28 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 345 h –
22 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 0.02 mm 35 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 374 h –
23 Mossamedes Angola 0.03 mm 22 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 327 h 19 °C
24 Livingstone Zambia 0.03 mm 28 °C 13 °C 0 mm 0 340 h –
25 Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.04 mm 28 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
26 Damietta Egypt 0.04 mm 31 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 28 °C
27 Kitwe Zambia 0.04 mm 28 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
28 Mazār-e Sharīf Afghanistan 0.05 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 400 h –
29 Mansa Zambia 0.05 mm 28 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 355 h –
30 Port Said Egypt 0.05 mm 32 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 28 °C
31 Chingola Zambia 0.05 mm 27 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 347 h –
32 Idkū Egypt 0.05 mm 31 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 381 h 28 °C
33 Mufulira Zambia 0.06 mm 28 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 348 h –
34 Alexandria Egypt 0.06 mm 30 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 381 h 27 °C
35 Solwezi Zambia 0.07 mm 28 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 340 h –
36 Luanshya Zambia 0.08 mm 27 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
37 Ndola Zambia 0.09 mm 27 °C 13 °C 0 mm 0 348 h –
38 Menongue Angola 0.09 mm 30 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
39 Kipushi Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.09 mm 28 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 347 h –
40 Arīsh Egypt 0.1 mm 32 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 379 h 29 °C
41 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 0.1 mm 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 390 h 27 °C
42 Kandahār Afghanistan 0.1 mm 38 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 393 h –
43 Kunduz Afghanistan 0.2 mm 38 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 401 h –
44 Kabwe Zambia 0.2 mm 26 °C 13 °C 0 mm 0 344 h –
45 Dodoma Tanzania 0.2 mm 28 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 342 h –
46 Singida Tanzania 0.2 mm 26 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 345 h –
47 Windhoek Namibia 0.3 mm 24 °C 8.0 °C 0 mm 0 340 h –
48 Benghazi Libya 0.3 mm 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 392 h 27 °C
49 Laayoune Western Sahara 0.3 mm 31 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 358 h 20 °C
50 Ouargla Algeria 0.3 mm 41 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 390 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

July: top 5

  1. Kolwezi 0 mm
  2. Suez 0 mm
  3. Huambo 0 mm
  4. Herāt 0 mm
  5. Assiut 0 mm

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Assiut 0 mm
  2. Minya 0 mm
  3. Sohag 0 mm
  4. Mallawī 0 mm
  5. Girga 0 mm

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in August, lowest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Africa with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

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.