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The driest places in Asia in January: ranked by rainfall

Verāval tops the list at 0.3 mm in January. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Asia.

Top three in January: Verāval (0.3 mm) , Jūnāgadh (0.5 mm) , Jamnagar (0.5 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 1.5 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Verāval India 0.3 mm 28 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 336 h 25 °C
2 Jūnāgadh India 0.5 mm 28 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 335 h –
3 Jamnagar India 0.5 mm 27 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 333 h 22 °C
4 Morvi India 0.6 mm 27 °C 13 °C 1 mm 0 332 h –
5 Rājkot India 0.6 mm 27 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 333 h –
6 Gāndhīdhām India 0.7 mm 27 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 331 h 22 °C
7 Virār India 0.7 mm 30 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 334 h 25 °C
8 Dunhuang China 0.7 mm -1.5 °C -11 °C 1 mm 0 274 h –
9 Kalyān India 0.7 mm 32 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 332 h –
10 Porbandar India 0.7 mm 27 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 334 h 24 °C
11 Turpan China 0.7 mm 0.00 °C -8.6 °C 1 mm 0 262 h –
12 Badlapur India 0.8 mm 31 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 332 h –
13 Panvel India 0.8 mm 31 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 333 h 25 °C
14 Bilimora India 0.8 mm 29 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 331 h 24 °C
15 Mumbai India 0.8 mm 29 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 333 h 25 °C
16 Bayan Nur China 0.8 mm -3.0 °C -15 °C 1 mm 0 274 h –
17 Pimpri-Chinchwad India 0.9 mm 29 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 330 h –
18 Pune India 0.9 mm 29 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 329 h –
19 Vapi India 0.9 mm 28 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 332 h 24 °C
20 Navsari India 1.0 mm 29 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 330 h 24 °C
21 Korla China 1.1 mm -1.2 °C -10 °C 1 mm 0 258 h –
22 Shahuwadi India 1.1 mm 29 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 331 h –
23 Nashik India 1.1 mm 27 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 329 h –
24 Sāngli India 1.1 mm 30 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 329 h –
25 Ichalkaranji India 1.1 mm 29 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 330 h –
26 Chifeng China 1.2 mm -3.8 °C -16 °C 1 mm 1 264 h –
27 Wuhai China 1.2 mm -2.3 °C -13 °C 1 mm 0 277 h –
28 Surendranagar India 1.2 mm 27 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 331 h –
29 Surat India 1.3 mm 28 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 331 h 23 °C
30 Mahesāna India 1.3 mm 26 °C 13 °C 1 mm 0 327 h –
31 Hami China 1.3 mm -3.3 °C -13 °C 1 mm 0 265 h –
32 Ulanhot China 1.4 mm -9.6 °C -19 °C 1 mm 1 249 h –
33 Baicheng China 1.4 mm -9.5 °C -19 °C 1 mm 0 251 h –
34 Jinchang China 1.4 mm -1.1 °C -13 °C 1 mm 0 274 h –
35 Shivamogga India 1.4 mm 30 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 337 h –
36 Hubballi India 1.4 mm 30 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 333 h –
37 Ahmedabad India 1.5 mm 27 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 328 h –
38 Aqsu China 1.5 mm -2.0 °C -11 °C 2 mm 0 269 h –
39 Tando Bago Pakistan 1.6 mm 25 °C 11 °C 2 mm 0 323 h –
40 Shizuishan China 1.6 mm -0.4 °C -11 °C 2 mm 0 277 h –
41 Malegaon India 1.6 mm 29 °C 14 °C 2 mm 0 323 h –
42 Ulan Bator Mongolia 1.6 mm -13 °C -25 °C 2 mm 1 243 h –
43 Wuzhong China 1.6 mm 0.7 °C -11 °C 2 mm 1 276 h –
44 Najrān Saudi Arabia 1.6 mm 26 °C 9.8 °C 2 mm 0 326 h –
45 Bharūch India 1.7 mm 29 °C 15 °C 2 mm 0 328 h –
46 Yinchuan China 1.7 mm 0.5 °C -12 °C 2 mm 1 277 h –
47 Beipiao China 1.8 mm -3.7 °C -14 °C 2 mm 0 265 h –
48 Wuwei China 1.8 mm -0.4 °C -12 °C 2 mm 1 276 h –
49 Gadag-Betageri India 1.8 mm 29 °C 17 °C 2 mm 1 331 h –
50 Belagavi India 1.8 mm 28 °C 16 °C 2 mm 1 330 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

December: top 5

  1. Najrān 0.2 mm
  2. Porbandar 0.3 mm
  3. Gāndhīdhām 0.3 mm
  4. Jamnagar 0.3 mm
  5. Rājkot 0.5 mm

Full ranking for December

February: top 5

  1. Sāngli 0.3 mm
  2. Ichalkaranji 0.3 mm
  3. Verāval 0.3 mm
  4. Bhavnagar 0.4 mm
  5. Kolhāpur 0.4 mm

Full ranking for February

How this ranking is built

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