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The driest places in Europe in October: ranked by rainfall

Chita tops the list at 12 mm in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in October: Chita (12 mm) , Ulan-Ude (14 mm) , Limassol (16 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 29 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Chita Russia 12 mm 5.5 °C -4.2 °C 12 mm 3 263 h –
2 Ulan-Ude Russia 14 mm 6.2 °C -3.2 °C 14 mm 4 251 h –
3 Limassol Cyprus 16 mm 27 °C 19 °C 16 mm 4 332 h 25 °C
4 Yakutsk Russia 17 mm -3.2 °C -9.8 °C 17 mm 5 156 h –
5 Angarsk Russia 18 mm 6.6 °C -2.8 °C 18 mm 5 238 h –
6 Astrakhan Russia 20 mm 16 °C 7.5 °C 20 mm 4 230 h –
7 Irkutsk Russia 23 mm 6.8 °C -2.2 °C 23 mm 6 238 h –
8 Almería Spain 23 mm 24 °C 16 °C 23 mm 4 309 h 21 °C
9 Bratsk Russia 28 mm 3.3 °C -1.6 °C 28 mm 8 179 h –
10 Athens Greece 28 mm 23 °C 15 °C 28 mm 4 292 h 23 °C
11 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 28 mm 24 °C 20 °C 28 mm 5 331 h 23 °C
12 Mykolayiv Ukraine 30 mm 15 °C 7.2 °C 30 mm 5 234 h –
13 Abakan Russia 30 mm 7.6 °C -0.7 °C 30 mm 8 195 h –
14 Orsk Russia 31 mm 10 °C 1.6 °C 31 mm 6 196 h –
15 Omsk Russia 33 mm 6.8 °C -0.1 °C 33 mm 8 136 h –
16 Cartagena Spain 33 mm 23 °C 18 °C 33 mm 4 301 h 22 °C
17 Volgograd Russia 33 mm 13 °C 5.7 °C 33 mm 7 197 h –
18 Magnitogorsk Russia 34 mm 7.7 °C 0.2 °C 34 mm 7 176 h –
19 Mariupol Ukraine 34 mm 14 °C 8.4 °C 34 mm 6 226 h 14 °C
20 La Laguna Spain 34 mm 21 °C 18 °C 34 mm 6 329 h 24 °C
21 Murcia Spain 34 mm 25 °C 14 °C 34 mm 5 296 h –
22 Rubtsovsk Russia 35 mm 9.6 °C 0.6 °C 35 mm 8 193 h –
23 Kryvyy Rih Ukraine 35 mm 14 °C 6.4 °C 35 mm 6 210 h –
24 Zaporizhzhya Ukraine 35 mm 14 °C 6.9 °C 35 mm 6 218 h –
25 Blagoveshchensk Russia 35 mm 7.4 °C -1.4 °C 35 mm 6 242 h –
26 Albacete Spain 35 mm 20 °C 10 °C 35 mm 6 280 h –
27 Dnipro Ukraine 35 mm 14 °C 6.3 °C 35 mm 6 207 h –
28 Elche Spain 35 mm 24 °C 15 °C 35 mm 5 298 h 22 °C
29 Simferopol Ukraine 35 mm 17 °C 7.4 °C 35 mm 6 262 h –
30 Nicosia Cyprus 36 mm 27 °C 17 °C 36 mm 5 331 h 25 °C
31 Engels Russia 36 mm 11 °C 4.3 °C 36 mm 8 181 h –
32 Odesa Ukraine 36 mm 15 °C 9.3 °C 36 mm 5 234 h 16 °C
33 Tiraspol Moldova 36 mm 15 °C 7.3 °C 36 mm 5 224 h –
34 Saratov Russia 36 mm 11 °C 3.9 °C 36 mm 8 181 h –
35 Kurgan Russia 37 mm 7.1 °C 0.6 °C 37 mm 8 143 h –
36 Orenburg Russia 37 mm 10 °C 2.4 °C 37 mm 7 182 h –
37 Tyumen Russia 37 mm 6.0 °C 0.08 °C 37 mm 8 134 h –
38 Chelyabinsk Russia 39 mm 7.2 °C 0.9 °C 39 mm 9 153 h –
39 Vinnytsya Ukraine 40 mm 12 °C 5.3 °C 40 mm 7 193 h –
40 Shakhty Russia 40 mm 14 °C 6.0 °C 40 mm 7 211 h –
41 Kropyvnytskyi Ukraine 40 mm 13 °C 5.8 °C 40 mm 6 203 h –
42 Luhansk Ukraine 40 mm 13 °C 5.4 °C 40 mm 7 202 h –
43 Donetsk Ukraine 40 mm 13 °C 5.3 °C 40 mm 7 206 h –
44 Chisinau Moldova 40 mm 15 °C 7.0 °C 40 mm 6 219 h –
45 Taganrog Russia 40 mm 13 °C 8.7 °C 40 mm 7 224 h 14 °C
46 Kremenchuk Ukraine 41 mm 13 °C 6.3 °C 41 mm 7 202 h –
47 Sevastopol Ukraine 41 mm 17 °C 11 °C 41 mm 7 269 h 18 °C
48 Miass Russia 41 mm 6.4 °C 0.08 °C 41 mm 9 150 h –
49 Rostov-on-Don Russia 41 mm 15 °C 7.1 °C 41 mm 7 220 h –
50 Krasnoyarsk Russia 41 mm 5.6 °C -1.6 °C 41 mm 11 160 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

September: top 5

  1. Limassol 3.2 mm
  2. Nicosia 11 mm
  3. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 12 mm
  4. La Laguna 14 mm
  5. Astrakhan 15 mm

Full ranking for September

November: top 5

  1. Chita 5.3 mm
  2. Yakutsk 8.6 mm
  3. Ulan-Ude 9.8 mm
  4. Angarsk 10 mm
  5. Irkutsk 13 mm

Full ranking for November

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in October, 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 Europe 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.