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The driest places in Asia in October

Al Hufūf tops the list at 0.4 mm in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Rainfall
1 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 0.4 mm 36 °C 0 mm
2 Al Ain City United Arab Emirates 0.4 mm 36 °C 0 mm
3 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 0.4 mm 35 °C 0 mm
4 Ar Rayyān Qatar 0.5 mm 36 °C 0 mm
5 Doha Qatar 0.5 mm 35 °C 0 mm
6 Al Muharraq Bahrain 0.5 mm 31 °C 0 mm
7 Musaffah United Arab Emirates 0.6 mm 36 °C 1 mm
8 ‘Ibrī Oman 0.6 mm 36 °C 1 mm
9 Lusail Qatar 0.6 mm 34 °C 1 mm
10 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 0.7 mm 34 °C 1 mm
11 Dunhuang China 0.8 mm 18 °C 1 mm
12 Dammam Saudi Arabia 0.8 mm 34 °C 1 mm
13 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0.9 mm 34 °C 1 mm
14 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 0.9 mm 35 °C 1 mm
15 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 1.0 mm 31 °C 1 mm
16 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 1.1 mm 35 °C 1 mm
17 Dubai United Arab Emirates 1.1 mm 36 °C 1 mm
18 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 1.2 mm 35 °C 1 mm
19 Kandahār Afghanistan 1.2 mm 27 °C 1 mm
20 Muscat Oman 1.2 mm 33 °C 1 mm
21 Bushehr Iran 1.3 mm 32 °C 1 mm
22 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 1.4 mm 35 °C 1 mm
23 Dadu Pakistan 1.6 mm 36 °C 2 mm
24 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 1.8 mm 34 °C 2 mm
25 Zahedan Iran 2.0 mm 26 °C 2 mm
26 Herāt Afghanistan 2.1 mm 24 °C 2 mm
27 Ḩawallī Kuwait 2.2 mm 34 °C 2 mm
28 Kerman Iran 2.3 mm 25 °C 2 mm
29 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 2.3 mm 34 °C 2 mm
30 Yazd Iran 2.3 mm 26 °C 2 mm
31 Madinah Saudi Arabia 2.4 mm 36 °C 2 mm
32 Sirjan Iran 2.4 mm 25 °C 2 mm
33 Karachi Pakistan 2.5 mm 33 °C 3 mm
34 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 2.6 mm 34 °C 3 mm
35 Al Aḩmadī Kuwait 2.7 mm 35 °C 3 mm
36 Nawabshah Pakistan 2.7 mm 36 °C 3 mm
37 Shiraz Iran 2.7 mm 27 °C 3 mm
38 Isfahan Iran 2.7 mm 24 °C 3 mm
39 Bīrjand Iran 2.7 mm 25 °C 3 mm
40 Garhi Khairo Pakistan 2.9 mm 35 °C 3 mm
41 Sukkur Pakistan 3.0 mm 35 °C 3 mm
42 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 3.0 mm 32 °C 3 mm
43 Gujangbagh China 3.1 mm 19 °C 3 mm
44 Najaf Iraq 3.2 mm 34 °C 3 mm
45 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3.2 mm 33 °C 3 mm
46 Khuzdar Pakistan 3.2 mm 29 °C 3 mm
47 Rahim Yar Khan Pakistan 3.2 mm 35 °C 3 mm
48 Najrān Saudi Arabia 3.3 mm 30 °C 3 mm
49 Arif Wala Pakistan 3.3 mm 36 °C 3 mm
50 Al Diwaniyah Iraq 3.5 mm 35 °C 3 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.