The driest places in Asia in April: ranked by rainfall

Porbandar tops the list at 0.2 mm in April. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Asia.

Top three in April: Porbandar (0.2 mm) , Bilimora (0.3 mm) , Verāval (0.3 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 3.0 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Porbandar India 0.2 mm 32 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 362 h 27 °C
2 Bilimora India 0.3 mm 35 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 359 h 28 °C
3 Verāval India 0.3 mm 32 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 359 h 27 °C
4 Mumbai India 0.3 mm 33 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 358 h 29 °C
5 Virār India 0.4 mm 34 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 358 h 28 °C
6 Jamnagar India 0.4 mm 35 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 361 h 27 °C
7 Surat India 0.5 mm 35 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 359 h 28 °C
8 Bharūch India 0.5 mm 38 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 359 h
9 Panvel India 0.5 mm 35 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 358 h 29 °C
10 Navsari India 0.6 mm 35 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 359 h 28 °C
11 Karachi Pakistan 0.7 mm 33 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 365 h 27 °C
12 Jūnāgadh India 0.8 mm 38 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 357 h
13 Mahesāna India 0.8 mm 38 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 357 h
14 Gāndhīdhām India 0.8 mm 38 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 361 h 27 °C
15 Morvi India 0.8 mm 38 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 359 h
16 Rājkot India 0.8 mm 38 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 359 h
17 Dombivali India 0.8 mm 37 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 357 h
18 Vapi India 0.9 mm 34 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 358 h 28 °C
19 Ahmedabad India 1.0 mm 39 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 358 h
20 Nadiād India 1.0 mm 39 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 358 h
21 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 1.0 mm 31 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 365 h 26 °C
22 Anand India 1.0 mm 39 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 358 h
23 Bhavnagar India 1.1 mm 35 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 358 h 28 °C
24 Jalgaon India 1.2 mm 39 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 358 h
25 Bhusawal India 1.3 mm 40 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 358 h
26 Vadodara India 1.3 mm 39 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 358 h
27 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 1.4 mm 29 °C 13 °C 1 mm 1 368 h
28 Punāsa India 1.4 mm 39 °C 24 °C 1 mm 1 358 h
29 Surendranagar India 1.4 mm 39 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 358 h
30 Kalyān India 1.5 mm 37 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 357 h
31 Tando Bago Pakistan 1.6 mm 38 °C 23 °C 2 mm 1 362 h
32 Burhānpur India 1.9 mm 40 °C 24 °C 2 mm 1 358 h
33 Dhule India 2.0 mm 40 °C 25 °C 2 mm 1 358 h
34 Malegaon India 2.3 mm 39 °C 24 °C 2 mm 1 357 h
35 Ujjain India 2.4 mm 38 °C 23 °C 2 mm 1 356 h
36 Sinjhoro Pakistan 2.4 mm 39 °C 23 °C 2 mm 1 362 h
37 Nawabshah Pakistan 2.5 mm 39 °C 23 °C 2 mm 1 363 h
38 Hyderabad Pakistan 2.5 mm 38 °C 23 °C 2 mm 1 364 h
39 Ratlām India 2.5 mm 37 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 357 h
40 Dunhuang China 2.5 mm 22 °C 6.0 °C 3 mm 1 352 h
41 Dadu Pakistan 2.6 mm 38 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 364 h
42 Akola India 2.7 mm 39 °C 25 °C 3 mm 1 358 h
43 Indore India 2.8 mm 38 °C 24 °C 3 mm 1 357 h
44 Vidisha India 2.9 mm 38 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 358 h
45 Khandwa India 3.0 mm 39 °C 25 °C 3 mm 1 358 h
46 Al Muharraq Bahrain 3.0 mm 27 °C 22 °C 3 mm 1 345 h 23 °C
47 Nashik India 3.0 mm 36 °C 21 °C 3 mm 1 358 h
48 Pāli India 3.0 mm 38 °C 22 °C 3 mm 1 356 h
49 Jodhpur India 3.1 mm 38 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 355 h
50 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3.2 mm 31 °C 23 °C 3 mm 0 357 h 27 °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

March: top 5

  1. Verāval 0.3 mm
  2. Gāndhīdhām 0.3 mm
  3. Porbandar 0.4 mm
  4. Jamnagar 0.6 mm
  5. Virār 0.6 mm

Full ranking for March

May: top 5

  1. Ras Al Khaimah 0.01 mm
  2. Yanbu 0.08 mm
  3. Dubai 0.2 mm
  4. Abu Dhabi 0.2 mm
  5. Lusail 0.3 mm

Full ranking for May

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in April, 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 Asia 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.