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The driest places in Africa in October

Esna tops the list at 0.06 mm in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Rainfall
1 Esna Egypt 0.06 mm 35 °C 0 mm
2 Girga Egypt 0.08 mm 34 °C 0 mm
3 Mallawī Egypt 0.1 mm 32 °C 0 mm
4 Assiut Egypt 0.2 mm 33 °C 0 mm
5 Sohag Egypt 0.2 mm 33 °C 0 mm
6 Minya Egypt 0.2 mm 31 °C 0 mm
7 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.3 mm 36 °C 0 mm
8 Al Fayyum Egypt 0.3 mm 31 °C 0 mm
9 6th of October City Egypt 0.5 mm 30 °C 1 mm
10 Cairo Egypt 0.9 mm 31 °C 1 mm
11 New Cairo Egypt 0.9 mm 29 °C 1 mm
12 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 1.1 mm 30 °C 1 mm
13 Suez Egypt 1.1 mm 30 °C 1 mm
14 Kandahār Afghanistan 1.2 mm 27 °C 1 mm
15 Mossamedes Angola 1.4 mm 26 °C 1 mm
16 Zagazig Egypt 1.6 mm 31 °C 2 mm
17 Ismailia Egypt 1.7 mm 30 °C 2 mm
18 Herāt Afghanistan 2.1 mm 24 °C 2 mm
19 Hurghada Egypt 2.4 mm 30 °C 2 mm
20 Jamestown Saint Helena 2.9 mm 20 °C 3 mm
21 Khartoum Sudan 3.1 mm 38 °C 3 mm
22 Al Mansurah Egypt 3.2 mm 31 °C 3 mm
23 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 3.4 mm 30 °C 3 mm
24 Zinder Niger 3.5 mm 36 °C 3 mm
25 Damanhur Egypt 3.6 mm 30 °C 4 mm
26 Dodoma Tanzania 3.7 mm 31 °C 4 mm
27 Port Said Egypt 3.9 mm 27 °C 4 mm
28 El Fasher Sudan 3.9 mm 35 °C 4 mm
29 Ouargla Algeria 4.2 mm 29 °C 4 mm
30 Kassala Sudan 4.2 mm 38 °C 4 mm
31 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 4.3 mm 28 °C 4 mm
32 Damietta Egypt 4.5 mm 27 °C 4 mm
33 El Oued Algeria 4.6 mm 28 °C 5 mm
34 Tahoua Niger 4.8 mm 37 °C 5 mm
35 Mazār-e Sharīf Afghanistan 4.8 mm 23 °C 5 mm
36 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 5.2 mm 26 °C 5 mm
37 Arīsh Egypt 5.3 mm 27 °C 5 mm
38 Benguela Angola 5.4 mm 27 °C 5 mm
39 Singida Tanzania 5.8 mm 29 °C 6 mm
40 Alexandria Egypt 6.0 mm 27 °C 6 mm
41 Nouakchott Mauritania 6.2 mm 35 °C 6 mm
42 Tete Mozambique 6.6 mm 36 °C 7 mm
43 Idkū Egypt 6.8 mm 28 °C 7 mm
44 Laayoune Western Sahara 7.5 mm 28 °C 8 mm
45 Maradi Niger 7.9 mm 36 °C 8 mm
46 Niamey Niger 8.2 mm 37 °C 8 mm
47 Iringa Tanzania 8.7 mm 26 °C 9 mm
48 Wad Medani Sudan 8.9 mm 38 °C 9 mm
49 Lilongwe Malawi 9.4 mm 29 °C 9 mm
50 Jalālābād Afghanistan 9.6 mm 27 °C 10 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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