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The driest places in Africa in August

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.

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

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