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The driest places in Africa in September

5 destinations share the top spot at 0 mm in September, 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 36 °C 0 mm
2 Minya Egypt 0 mm 35 °C 0 mm
3 Sohag Egypt 0 mm 37 °C 0 mm
4 Mallawī Egypt 0 mm 36 °C 0 mm
5 Girga Egypt 0 mm 38 °C 0 mm
6 Al Fayyum Egypt 0.01 mm 35 °C 0 mm
7 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.01 mm 39 °C 0 mm
8 Suez Egypt 0.01 mm 34 °C 0 mm
9 Kandahār Afghanistan 0.01 mm 34 °C 0 mm
10 6th of October City Egypt 0.02 mm 34 °C 0 mm
11 Esna Egypt 0.02 mm 38 °C 0 mm
12 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 0.02 mm 33 °C 0 mm
13 New Cairo Egypt 0.03 mm 33 °C 0 mm
14 Hurghada Egypt 0.04 mm 33 °C 0 mm
15 Cairo Egypt 0.07 mm 34 °C 0 mm
16 Zagazig Egypt 0.08 mm 35 °C 0 mm
17 Ismailia Egypt 0.09 mm 34 °C 0 mm
18 Arīsh Egypt 0.2 mm 30 °C 0 mm
19 Al Mansurah Egypt 0.2 mm 34 °C 0 mm
20 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 0.2 mm 31 °C 0 mm
21 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 0.3 mm 33 °C 0 mm
22 Dodoma Tanzania 0.3 mm 30 °C 0 mm
23 Damanhur Egypt 0.4 mm 33 °C 0 mm
24 Damietta Egypt 0.4 mm 30 °C 0 mm
25 Mossamedes Angola 0.4 mm 23 °C 0 mm
26 Port Said Egypt 0.4 mm 30 °C 0 mm
27 Herāt Afghanistan 0.4 mm 30 °C 0 mm
28 Idkū Egypt 0.6 mm 30 °C 1 mm
29 Alexandria Egypt 0.6 mm 29 °C 1 mm
30 Singida Tanzania 0.6 mm 28 °C 1 mm
31 Mazār-e Sharīf Afghanistan 0.7 mm 31 °C 1 mm
32 Port Sudan Sudan 0.8 mm 38 °C 1 mm
33 Luanshya Zambia 0.9 mm 30 °C 1 mm
34 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 0.9 mm 30 °C 1 mm
35 Chingola Zambia 1.0 mm 30 °C 1 mm
36 Kabwe Zambia 1.1 mm 30 °C 1 mm
37 Ndola Zambia 1.1 mm 30 °C 1 mm
38 Kitwe Zambia 1.1 mm 31 °C 1 mm
39 Mansa Zambia 1.1 mm 30 °C 1 mm
40 Mufulira Zambia 1.2 mm 31 °C 1 mm
41 Lilongwe Malawi 1.4 mm 28 °C 1 mm
42 Iringa Tanzania 1.5 mm 24 °C 1 mm
43 Benguela Angola 1.8 mm 25 °C 2 mm
44 Chipata Zambia 1.8 mm 29 °C 2 mm
45 Tabora Tanzania 2.0 mm 31 °C 2 mm
46 Benghazi Libya 2.0 mm 30 °C 2 mm
47 Kasama Zambia 2.1 mm 29 °C 2 mm
48 El Dibir Somalia 2.1 mm 33 °C 2 mm
49 Lusaka Zambia 2.2 mm 29 °C 2 mm
50 Tunduma Tanzania 2.3 mm 26 °C 2 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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