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The driest places in Africa in May: ranked by rainfall

Saint-Louis tops the list at 0.06 mm in May. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in May: Saint-Louis (0.06 mm) , Sohag (0.07 mm) , Minya (0.07 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 2.1 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Saint-Louis Senegal 0.06 mm 28 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 368 h 21 °C
2 Sohag Egypt 0.07 mm 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
3 Minya Egypt 0.07 mm 34 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 391 h –
4 Al Fayyum Egypt 0.09 mm 34 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 392 h –
5 Rufisque Senegal 0.10 mm 28 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 368 h 22 °C
6 Dakar Senegal 0.1 mm 26 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 368 h 22 °C
7 Esna Egypt 0.1 mm 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
8 Mallawī Egypt 0.1 mm 35 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 390 h –
9 Nouakchott Mauritania 0.1 mm 33 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 368 h 19 °C
10 Thiès Senegal 0.1 mm 33 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 367 h 22 °C
11 Thiès Nones Senegal 0.1 mm 31 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 367 h 22 °C
12 Girga Egypt 0.1 mm 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
13 Mbour Senegal 0.1 mm 32 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 366 h 22 °C
14 Mossamedes Angola 0.1 mm 29 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 343 h 23 °C
15 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.2 mm 39 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
16 Port Sudan Sudan 0.2 mm 35 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 391 h 29 °C
17 Diourbel Senegal 0.2 mm 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 366 h –
18 Assiut Egypt 0.2 mm 36 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
19 Hurghada Egypt 0.2 mm 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 395 h 25 °C
20 Touba Senegal 0.3 mm 38 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 366 h –
21 6th of October City Egypt 0.3 mm 32 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 394 h –
22 Praia Cabo Verde 0.3 mm 27 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 384 h 24 °C
23 Kaolack Senegal 0.4 mm 37 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 365 h –
24 Cairo Egypt 0.5 mm 33 °C 17 °C 0 mm 0 394 h –
25 Laayoune Western Sahara 0.6 mm 26 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 380 h 19 °C
26 New Cairo Egypt 0.6 mm 31 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 394 h –
27 Suez Egypt 0.7 mm 32 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 394 h –
28 Zagazig Egypt 0.7 mm 33 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 390 h –
29 Ismailia Egypt 0.8 mm 32 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 386 h –
30 Banjul Gambia 0.9 mm 29 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 366 h 23 °C
31 Serekunda Gambia 0.9 mm 28 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 365 h 23 °C
32 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 0.9 mm 32 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 393 h –
33 Al Mansurah Egypt 1.1 mm 32 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 393 h –
34 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 1.2 mm 31 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 393 h –
35 Kandahār Afghanistan 1.3 mm 35 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 397 h –
36 Idkū Egypt 1.4 mm 27 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 397 h 21 °C
37 Alexandria Egypt 1.4 mm 26 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 396 h 21 °C
38 Damanhur Egypt 1.5 mm 31 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 394 h –
39 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 1.5 mm 27 °C 18 °C 2 mm 0 395 h 22 °C
40 Menongue Angola 1.6 mm 27 °C 12 °C 2 mm 0 337 h –
41 Luena Angola 1.9 mm 28 °C 14 °C 2 mm 0 336 h –
42 Benguela Angola 1.9 mm 29 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 348 h 26 °C
43 Arīsh Egypt 1.9 mm 27 °C 16 °C 2 mm 0 392 h 22 °C
44 Ziguinchor Senegal 2.0 mm 36 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 362 h –
45 Mansa Zambia 2.0 mm 26 °C 16 °C 2 mm 0 348 h –
46 Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.0 mm 27 °C 14 °C 2 mm 0 344 h –
47 Damietta Egypt 2.0 mm 26 °C 18 °C 2 mm 1 394 h 21 °C
48 Ouargla Algeria 2.0 mm 34 °C 20 °C 2 mm 0 385 h –
49 Livingstone Zambia 2.1 mm 27 °C 14 °C 2 mm 0 333 h –
50 Port Said Egypt 2.2 mm 27 °C 18 °C 2 mm 0 393 h 22 °C

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

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

June: top 5

  1. Assiut 0 mm
  2. Esna 0 mm
  3. Kom Ombo 0 mm
  4. Minya 0 mm
  5. Sohag 0 mm

Full ranking for June

How this ranking is built

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