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The driest places in Africa in September: ranked by rainfall

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 in Africa.

Top three in September: Assiut (0 mm) , Minya (0 mm) , Sohag (0 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 2.3 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Assiut Egypt 0 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 354 h –
2 Minya Egypt 0 mm 35 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 356 h –
3 Sohag Egypt 0 mm 37 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 353 h –
4 Mallawī Egypt 0 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 355 h –
5 Girga Egypt 0 mm 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 352 h –
6 Al Fayyum Egypt 0.01 mm 35 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 355 h –
7 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.01 mm 39 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 347 h –
8 Suez Egypt 0.01 mm 34 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 350 h –
9 Kandahār Afghanistan 0.01 mm 34 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 341 h –
10 6th of October City Egypt 0.02 mm 34 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 354 h –
11 Esna Egypt 0.02 mm 38 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
12 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 0.02 mm 33 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
13 New Cairo Egypt 0.03 mm 33 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 351 h –
14 Hurghada Egypt 0.04 mm 33 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 346 h 28 °C
15 Cairo Egypt 0.07 mm 34 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 352 h –
16 Zagazig Egypt 0.08 mm 35 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 346 h –
17 Ismailia Egypt 0.09 mm 34 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 342 h –
18 Arīsh Egypt 0.2 mm 30 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 345 h 28 °C
19 Al Mansurah Egypt 0.2 mm 34 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
20 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 0.2 mm 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 351 h 28 °C
21 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 0.3 mm 33 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 352 h –
22 Dodoma Tanzania 0.3 mm 30 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 339 h –
23 Damanhur Egypt 0.4 mm 33 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 354 h –
24 Damietta Egypt 0.4 mm 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 351 h 27 °C
25 Mossamedes Angola 0.4 mm 23 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 19 °C
26 Port Said Egypt 0.4 mm 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 350 h 28 °C
27 Herāt Afghanistan 0.4 mm 30 °C 13 °C 0 mm 0 350 h –
28 Idkū Egypt 0.6 mm 30 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 355 h 27 °C
29 Alexandria Egypt 0.6 mm 29 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 355 h 27 °C
30 Singida Tanzania 0.6 mm 28 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 337 h –
31 Mazār-e Sharīf Afghanistan 0.7 mm 31 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 347 h –
32 Port Sudan Sudan 0.8 mm 38 °C 27 °C 1 mm 0 330 h 31 °C
33 Luanshya Zambia 0.9 mm 30 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 353 h –
34 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 0.9 mm 30 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 356 h 27 °C
35 Chingola Zambia 1.0 mm 30 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 352 h –
36 Kabwe Zambia 1.1 mm 30 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 353 h –
37 Ndola Zambia 1.1 mm 30 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 351 h –
38 Kitwe Zambia 1.1 mm 31 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 353 h –
39 Mansa Zambia 1.1 mm 30 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 355 h –
40 Mufulira Zambia 1.2 mm 31 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 352 h –
41 Lilongwe Malawi 1.4 mm 28 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 342 h –
42 Iringa Tanzania 1.5 mm 24 °C 13 °C 1 mm 0 342 h –
43 Benguela Angola 1.8 mm 25 °C 20 °C 2 mm 0 349 h 21 °C
44 Chipata Zambia 1.8 mm 29 °C 17 °C 2 mm 0 340 h –
45 Tabora Tanzania 2.0 mm 31 °C 19 °C 2 mm 0 339 h –
46 Benghazi Libya 2.0 mm 30 °C 22 °C 2 mm 1 342 h 26 °C
47 Kasama Zambia 2.1 mm 29 °C 15 °C 2 mm 0 344 h –
48 El Dibir Somalia 2.1 mm 33 °C 26 °C 2 mm 1 326 h 29 °C
49 Lusaka Zambia 2.2 mm 29 °C 17 °C 2 mm 0 354 h –
50 Tunduma Tanzania 2.3 mm 26 °C 13 °C 2 mm 1 347 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

August: top 5

  1. Assiut 0 mm
  2. Al Fayyum 0 mm
  3. Esna 0 mm
  4. 6th of October City 0 mm
  5. Minya 0 mm

Full ranking for August

October: top 5

  1. Esna 0.06 mm
  2. Girga 0.08 mm
  3. Mallawī 0.1 mm
  4. Assiut 0.2 mm
  5. Sohag 0.2 mm

Full ranking for October

How this ranking is built

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