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The driest places in Asia in August: ranked by rainfall

Al Muharraq tops the list at 0 mm in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Asia.

Top three in August: Al Muharraq (0 mm) , Bushehr (0.00 mm) , Sāmarrā’ (0.00 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 0.1 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Al Muharraq Bahrain 0 mm 36 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 377 h 34 °C
2 Bushehr Iran 0.00 mm 37 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 386 h 33 °C
3 Sāmarrā’ Iraq 0.00 mm 44 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
4 Karbala Iraq 0.01 mm 44 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 385 h –
5 Herāt Afghanistan 0.01 mm 34 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 386 h –
6 Al-Kut Iraq 0.01 mm 46 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 380 h –
7 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 0.01 mm 43 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
8 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 0.01 mm 44 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
9 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 0.01 mm 44 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 369 h –
10 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 0.02 mm 38 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 396 h –
11 Al Hillah Iraq 0.02 mm 45 °C 30 °C 0 mm 0 383 h –
12 Ramadi Iraq 0.02 mm 43 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
13 Khānaqīn Iraq 0.02 mm 44 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 387 h –
14 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0.02 mm 43 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 368 h –
15 Dammam Saudi Arabia 0.03 mm 40 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 33 °C
16 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 0.03 mm 42 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
17 Baqubah Iraq 0.03 mm 45 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 386 h –
18 Al Diwaniyah Iraq 0.03 mm 46 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 379 h –
19 Nasiriyah Iraq 0.04 mm 46 °C 32 °C 0 mm 0 376 h –
20 Ṣuwayliḥ Jordan 0.04 mm 31 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 399 h –
21 Isfahan Iran 0.04 mm 36 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 397 h –
22 Wādī as Sīr Jordan 0.04 mm 33 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 399 h –
23 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 0.04 mm 37 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 384 h 30 °C
24 Kelar Iraq 0.04 mm 43 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
25 Al Miqdādīyah Iraq 0.04 mm 45 °C 30 °C 0 mm 0 386 h –
26 Baghdad Iraq 0.04 mm 45 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 385 h –
27 Mazār-e Sharīf Afghanistan 0.05 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 400 h –
28 Bayjī Iraq 0.05 mm 43 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 392 h –
29 Al Ḩasakah Syria 0.05 mm 40 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 400 h –
30 Ash Sharqāt Iraq 0.05 mm 42 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 394 h –
31 Doha Qatar 0.07 mm 41 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 34 °C
32 Ar Rayyān Qatar 0.07 mm 42 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 34 °C
33 Lusail Qatar 0.07 mm 40 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 34 °C
34 Ḩawallī Kuwait 0.08 mm 43 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 375 h 32 °C
35 Yazd Iran 0.08 mm 36 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 397 h –
36 Khorramabad Iran 0.08 mm 38 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
37 Tirmiz Uzbekistan 0.09 mm 38 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 401 h –
38 Beersheba Israel 0.10 mm 33 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 386 h –
39 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 0.10 mm 45 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
40 Amman Jordan 0.1 mm 33 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 399 h –
41 Zarqa Jordan 0.1 mm 34 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 400 h –
42 Russeifa Jordan 0.1 mm 34 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 400 h –
43 Sulaymaniyah Iraq 0.1 mm 39 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 393 h –
44 Mary Turkmenistan 0.1 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 395 h –
45 Mosul Iraq 0.1 mm 42 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 397 h –
46 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 0.1 mm 39 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 374 h 33 °C
47 Al ‘Amārah Iraq 0.1 mm 47 °C 32 °C 0 mm 0 378 h –
48 Al Aḩmadī Kuwait 0.1 mm 44 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 375 h 32 °C
49 Najaf Iraq 0.1 mm 44 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 382 h –
50 Al Qāmishlī Syria 0.1 mm 39 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 400 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

July: top 5

  1. Riyadh 0 mm
  2. Dammam 0 mm
  3. Buraydah 0 mm
  4. Herāt 0 mm
  5. Nasiriyah 0 mm

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Riyadh 0 mm
  2. Al Muharraq 0 mm
  3. Al Kharj 0.00 mm
  4. Kandahār 0.01 mm
  5. Dammam 0.02 mm

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

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