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The driest places in Africa in March: ranked by rainfall

Khartoum tops the list at 0.00 mm in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in March: Khartoum (0.00 mm) , Bissau (0.01 mm) , Wad Medani (0.03 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 1.4 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Khartoum Sudan 0.00 mm 36 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 368 h –
2 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 0.01 mm 35 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 356 h 26 °C
3 Wad Medani Sudan 0.03 mm 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 367 h –
4 El Fasher Sudan 0.05 mm 34 °C 17 °C 0 mm 0 344 h –
5 Tahoua Niger 0.06 mm 38 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
6 Maiduguri Nigeria 0.06 mm 38 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 351 h –
7 N'Djamena Chad 0.08 mm 39 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 359 h –
8 Zinder Niger 0.1 mm 36 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 340 h –
9 Maradi Niger 0.1 mm 37 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 343 h –
10 El Obeid Sudan 0.1 mm 35 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 365 h –
11 Kosti Sudan 0.1 mm 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 368 h –
12 Kassala Sudan 0.2 mm 37 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 353 h –
13 Ziguinchor Senegal 0.2 mm 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 353 h –
14 Mbour Senegal 0.2 mm 32 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 348 h 19 °C
15 Kayes Mali 0.2 mm 39 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 359 h –
16 Esna Egypt 0.2 mm 28 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 361 h –
17 Rufisque Senegal 0.2 mm 29 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 347 h 19 °C
18 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.2 mm 30 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 361 h –
19 Thiès Senegal 0.2 mm 33 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 348 h 19 °C
20 Saint-Louis Senegal 0.2 mm 28 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 350 h 19 °C
21 Thiès Nones Senegal 0.2 mm 32 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 348 h 19 °C
22 Serekunda Gambia 0.2 mm 29 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 352 h 20 °C
23 Banjul Gambia 0.2 mm 31 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 352 h 20 °C
24 Dakar Senegal 0.3 mm 26 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 347 h 19 °C
25 Nouakchott Mauritania 0.3 mm 31 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 352 h 18 °C
26 Diourbel Senegal 0.3 mm 36 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 351 h –
27 Gusau Nigeria 0.3 mm 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 345 h –
28 Gombe Nigeria 0.3 mm 38 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 343 h –
29 Kano Nigeria 0.3 mm 36 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 341 h –
30 Maroua Cameroon 0.3 mm 38 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 355 h –
31 Chakwama Nigeria 0.4 mm 37 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 340 h –
32 Kaolack Senegal 0.4 mm 36 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 353 h –
33 Sokoto Nigeria 0.4 mm 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 350 h –
34 Touba Senegal 0.4 mm 36 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 353 h –
35 Al-Junaynah Sudan 0.4 mm 35 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 347 h –
36 Mopti Mali 0.5 mm 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 337 h –
37 Katsina Nigeria 0.5 mm 36 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 343 h –
38 Nyala Sudan 0.5 mm 36 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 343 h –
39 Al Qadarif Sudan 0.6 mm 39 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 360 h –
40 El Daein Sudan 0.6 mm 37 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 346 h –
41 Mubi Nigeria 0.6 mm 37 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 351 h –
42 Praia Cabo Verde 0.6 mm 26 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 350 h 23 °C
43 Ségou Mali 0.6 mm 38 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 337 h –
44 Singa Sudan 0.7 mm 39 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 366 h –
45 Girga Egypt 1.0 mm 28 °C 12 °C 1 mm 0 359 h –
46 Niamey Niger 1.0 mm 38 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 356 h –
47 Conakry Guinea 1.1 mm 30 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 358 h 27 °C
48 Yola Nigeria 1.2 mm 40 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 346 h –
49 Mallawī Egypt 1.3 mm 26 °C 12 °C 1 mm 0 354 h –
50 Bauchi Nigeria 1.4 mm 36 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 339 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

February: top 5

  1. El Obeid 0 mm
  2. El Daein 0 mm
  3. El Fasher 0 mm
  4. Mubi 0 mm
  5. Khartoum 0.00 mm

Full ranking for February

April: top 5

  1. Ziguinchor 0 mm
  2. Mbour 0.01 mm
  3. Kaolack 0.02 mm
  4. Serekunda 0.03 mm
  5. Banjul 0.03 mm

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in March, 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.