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The driest places in Asia in May: ranked by rainfall

Ras Al Khaimah tops the list at 0.01 mm in May. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Asia.

Top three in May: Ras Al Khaimah (0.01 mm) , Yanbu (0.08 mm) , Dubai (0.2 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 3.1 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 0.01 mm 37 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 390 h 28 °C
2 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 0.08 mm 34 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 394 h 27 °C
3 Dubai United Arab Emirates 0.2 mm 39 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 391 h 29 °C
4 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 0.2 mm 37 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 392 h 29 °C
5 Lusail Qatar 0.3 mm 37 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 394 h 28 °C
6 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 0.3 mm 37 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 391 h 29 °C
7 Doha Qatar 0.3 mm 38 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 394 h 28 °C
8 Ar Rayyān Qatar 0.3 mm 39 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 394 h 28 °C
9 Al Ain City United Arab Emirates 0.4 mm 40 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 386 h –
10 Musaffah United Arab Emirates 0.5 mm 38 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 392 h –
11 Al Muharraq Bahrain 0.5 mm 32 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 392 h 27 °C
12 Muscat Oman 0.6 mm 37 °C 28 °C 1 mm 0 373 h 30 °C
13 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0.6 mm 34 °C 26 °C 1 mm 0 390 h 28 °C
14 Dammam Saudi Arabia 0.7 mm 36 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 390 h 27 °C
15 Karachi Pakistan 0.7 mm 34 °C 26 °C 1 mm 0 397 h 29 °C
16 Bandar Abbas Iran 0.7 mm 39 °C 26 °C 1 mm 0 390 h 28 °C
17 ‘Ibrī Oman 0.8 mm 40 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 380 h –
18 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 0.8 mm 41 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 390 h –
19 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 0.9 mm 37 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 388 h 26 °C
20 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 1.1 mm 40 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 378 h –
21 Ahmedabad India 1.2 mm 40 °C 26 °C 1 mm 0 378 h –
22 Nadiād India 1.2 mm 40 °C 27 °C 1 mm 0 377 h –
23 Bhavnagar India 1.3 mm 36 °C 27 °C 1 mm 0 377 h 29 °C
24 Kandahār Afghanistan 1.3 mm 35 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 397 h –
25 Anand India 1.3 mm 40 °C 27 °C 1 mm 0 375 h –
26 Vadodara India 1.5 mm 40 °C 27 °C 1 mm 0 374 h –
27 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 1.5 mm 38 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 370 h –
28 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 1.5 mm 38 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 377 h –
29 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 1.5 mm 34 °C 17 °C 2 mm 0 394 h –
30 Mahesāna India 1.6 mm 40 °C 26 °C 2 mm 0 377 h –
31 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 1.6 mm 37 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 370 h –
32 Madinah Saudi Arabia 1.7 mm 39 °C 23 °C 2 mm 1 388 h –
33 Surendranagar India 1.7 mm 41 °C 26 °C 2 mm 1 381 h –
34 Bharūch India 1.7 mm 38 °C 27 °C 2 mm 0 375 h –
35 Gāndhīdhām India 1.8 mm 38 °C 26 °C 2 mm 0 390 h 29 °C
36 Morvi India 1.9 mm 39 °C 26 °C 2 mm 0 387 h –
37 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 2.0 mm 39 °C 24 °C 2 mm 1 375 h –
38 Ḩawallī Kuwait 2.0 mm 37 °C 26 °C 2 mm 0 384 h 26 °C
39 Al Aḩmadī Kuwait 2.1 mm 38 °C 25 °C 2 mm 0 384 h 26 °C
40 Bushehr Iran 2.2 mm 32 °C 25 °C 2 mm 0 392 h 26 °C
41 Rājkot India 2.2 mm 40 °C 25 °C 2 mm 0 385 h –
42 Zahedan Iran 2.3 mm 32 °C 19 °C 2 mm 1 394 h –
43 Nasiriyah Iraq 2.3 mm 40 °C 26 °C 2 mm 0 385 h –
44 Jamnagar India 2.4 mm 36 °C 26 °C 2 mm 0 390 h 29 °C
45 Surat India 2.4 mm 34 °C 27 °C 2 mm 1 374 h 29 °C
46 Ramadi Iraq 2.6 mm 36 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 396 h –
47 Jūnāgadh India 2.8 mm 38 °C 25 °C 3 mm 1 380 h –
48 Bhusawal India 2.9 mm 41 °C 27 °C 3 mm 1 373 h –
49 Karbala Iraq 2.9 mm 37 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 392 h –
50 Verāval India 3.1 mm 32 °C 26 °C 3 mm 1 383 h 29 °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

April: top 5

  1. Porbandar 0.2 mm
  2. Bilimora 0.3 mm
  3. Verāval 0.3 mm
  4. Mumbai 0.3 mm
  5. Virār 0.4 mm

Full ranking for April

June: top 5

  1. Jeddah 0 mm
  2. Dammam 0 mm
  3. Yanbu 0 mm
  4. Al Muharraq 0 mm
  5. Bushehr 0 mm

Full ranking for June

How this ranking is built

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

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