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The driest places in Europe in September: ranked by rainfall

Limassol tops the list at 3.2 mm in September. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in September: Limassol (3.2 mm) , Nicosia (11 mm) , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (12 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 39 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Limassol Cyprus 3.2 mm 30 °C 22 °C 3 mm 1 350 h 26 °C
2 Nicosia Cyprus 11 mm 32 °C 21 °C 11 mm 2 350 h 27 °C
3 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 12 mm 25 °C 21 °C 12 mm 2 349 h 23 °C
4 La Laguna Spain 14 mm 22 °C 19 °C 14 mm 2 349 h 24 °C
5 Astrakhan Russia 15 mm 24 °C 14 °C 15 mm 4 294 h –
6 Almería Spain 17 mm 28 °C 20 °C 17 mm 2 345 h 23 °C
7 Athens Greece 17 mm 28 °C 19 °C 17 mm 3 343 h 25 °C
8 Madrid Spain 21 mm 26 °C 14 °C 21 mm 4 338 h –
9 Ciudad Lineal Spain 22 mm 26 °C 14 °C 22 mm 4 338 h –
10 Orsk Russia 22 mm 19 °C 8.7 °C 22 mm 5 279 h –
11 Badajoz Spain 24 mm 29 °C 17 °C 24 mm 4 334 h –
12 Málaga Spain 25 mm 26 °C 20 °C 25 mm 3 342 h 22 °C
13 Zaragoza Spain 27 mm 27 °C 16 °C 27 mm 4 330 h –
14 Sevilla Spain 27 mm 30 °C 19 °C 27 mm 4 336 h –
15 Alcalá de Henares Spain 27 mm 27 °C 14 °C 27 mm 4 335 h –
16 Jerez de la Frontera Spain 27 mm 29 °C 18 °C 27 mm 3 344 h 22 °C
17 Córdoba Spain 29 mm 30 °C 19 °C 29 mm 4 337 h –
18 Lisbon Portugal 29 mm 25 °C 18 °C 29 mm 4 334 h 19 °C
19 Valladolid Spain 30 mm 25 °C 12 °C 30 mm 5 331 h –
20 Orenburg Russia 30 mm 19 °C 9.3 °C 30 mm 6 274 h –
21 Rubtsovsk Russia 31 mm 18 °C 7.2 °C 31 mm 7 284 h –
22 Marbella Spain 31 mm 25 °C 19 °C 31 mm 4 342 h 21 °C
23 Volgograd Russia 32 mm 22 °C 12 °C 32 mm 5 288 h –
24 Magnitogorsk Russia 33 mm 16 °C 6.7 °C 33 mm 7 256 h –
25 Omsk Russia 33 mm 15 °C 6.4 °C 33 mm 8 233 h –
26 Logroño Spain 33 mm 23 °C 13 °C 33 mm 7 311 h –
27 Simferopol Ukraine 33 mm 23 °C 12 °C 33 mm 6 319 h –
28 Mariupol Ukraine 33 mm 21 °C 14 °C 33 mm 6 303 h 20 °C
29 Skopje North Macedonia 33 mm 26 °C 14 °C 33 mm 6 305 h –
30 Valletta Malta 34 mm 26 °C 23 °C 34 mm 4 341 h 26 °C
31 Granada Spain 34 mm 28 °C 16 °C 34 mm 5 339 h –
32 Volgodonsk Russia 34 mm 22 °C 13 °C 34 mm 5 297 h –
33 Sevastopol Ukraine 35 mm 22 °C 16 °C 35 mm 6 322 h 22 °C
34 Albacete Spain 35 mm 26 °C 14 °C 35 mm 5 326 h –
35 Sofia Bulgaria 36 mm 22 °C 12 °C 36 mm 6 302 h –
36 Niš Serbia 36 mm 24 °C 13 °C 36 mm 6 294 h –
37 Elche Spain 36 mm 28 °C 19 °C 36 mm 5 334 h 25 °C
38 Gibraltar Gibraltar 36 mm 25 °C 20 °C 36 mm 4 341 h 21 °C
39 Rostov-on-Don Russia 37 mm 22 °C 13 °C 37 mm 6 301 h –
40 Yakutsk Russia 37 mm 11 °C 2.7 °C 37 mm 8 242 h –
41 Shakhty Russia 38 mm 22 °C 12 °C 38 mm 6 295 h –
42 Cartagena Spain 38 mm 26 °C 21 °C 38 mm 4 338 h 24 °C
43 Odesa Ukraine 39 mm 21 °C 15 °C 39 mm 5 296 h 20 °C
44 Taganrog Russia 39 mm 21 °C 15 °C 39 mm 6 303 h 19 °C
45 Luhansk Ukraine 39 mm 21 °C 11 °C 39 mm 7 287 h –
46 Burgos Spain 39 mm 22 °C 11 °C 39 mm 6 323 h –
47 Galaţi Romania 40 mm 23 °C 14 °C 40 mm 5 298 h –
48 Donetsk Ukraine 41 mm 21 °C 11 °C 41 mm 7 287 h –
49 Tiraspol Moldova 42 mm 22 °C 13 °C 42 mm 6 284 h –
50 Mykolayiv Ukraine 42 mm 22 °C 13 °C 42 mm 6 296 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

August: top 5

  1. Limassol 1.4 mm
  2. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2.3 mm
  3. Sevilla 2.4 mm
  4. Nicosia 3.1 mm
  5. Jerez de la Frontera 3.1 mm

Full ranking for August

October: top 5

  1. Chita 12 mm
  2. Ulan-Ude 14 mm
  3. Limassol 16 mm
  4. Yakutsk 17 mm
  5. Angarsk 18 mm

Full ranking for October

How this ranking is built

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