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The driest places in North America in April: ranked by rainfall

La Paz tops the list at 0.3 mm in April. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in April: La Paz (0.3 mm) , Cabo San Lucas (0.4 mm) , Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (0.5 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 19 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 La Paz Mexico 0.3 mm 30 °C 17 °C 0 mm 0 365 h 22 °C
2 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 0.4 mm 27 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 365 h 21 °C
3 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 0.5 mm 30 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 359 h 27 °C
4 Manzanillo Mexico 0.5 mm 29 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 356 h 25 °C
5 Mazatlán Mexico 0.6 mm 28 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 354 h 23 °C
6 Los Mochis Mexico 1.0 mm 31 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 361 h 22 °C
7 Acapulco de Juárez Mexico 1.1 mm 32 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 362 h 28 °C
8 Ciudad Obregón Mexico 1.3 mm 33 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 367 h –
9 Hermosillo Mexico 1.4 mm 32 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 373 h –
10 Culiacán Mexico 1.8 mm 33 °C 17 °C 2 mm 0 356 h –
11 Mexicali Mexico 2.7 mm 32 °C 15 °C 3 mm 1 374 h –
12 San Luis Río Colorado Mexico 2.9 mm 31 °C 15 °C 3 mm 1 376 h –
13 Torreón Mexico 2.9 mm 32 °C 17 °C 3 mm 1 352 h –
14 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 3.4 mm 30 °C 19 °C 3 mm 1 354 h 25 °C
15 Tonalá Mexico 3.6 mm 30 °C 15 °C 4 mm 1 355 h –
16 Tepic Mexico 3.7 mm 30 °C 15 °C 4 mm 1 354 h –
17 Ciudad Juárez Mexico 4.2 mm 27 °C 11 °C 4 mm 1 362 h –
18 Guadalajara Mexico 4.3 mm 31 °C 16 °C 4 mm 1 355 h –
19 Henderson United States 5.2 mm 27 °C 13 °C 5 mm 1 372 h –
20 Aguascalientes Mexico 5.7 mm 29 °C 13 °C 6 mm 1 356 h –
21 Victoria de Durango Mexico 5.9 mm 28 °C 9.3 °C 6 mm 1 354 h –
22 Tucson United States 6.2 mm 28 °C 12 °C 6 mm 1 373 h –
23 Spring Valley United States 6.6 mm 26 °C 11 °C 7 mm 2 373 h –
24 León de los Aldama Mexico 6.8 mm 30 °C 14 °C 7 mm 2 359 h –
25 Zamora de Hidalgo Mexico 6.9 mm 31 °C 14 °C 7 mm 2 357 h –
26 Las Vegas United States 7.0 mm 26 °C 12 °C 7 mm 2 372 h –
27 Chihuahua Mexico 7.4 mm 28 °C 12 °C 7 mm 1 353 h –
28 Cuauhtémoc Mexico 7.7 mm 23 °C 7.3 °C 8 mm 2 356 h –
29 Nogales Mexico 7.9 mm 25 °C 8.6 °C 8 mm 1 373 h –
30 Phoenix United States 8.0 mm 30 °C 14 °C 8 mm 1 373 h –
31 Irapuato Mexico 8.5 mm 31 °C 14 °C 9 mm 2 359 h –
32 Jiutepec Mexico 8.5 mm 31 °C 15 °C 9 mm 2 361 h –
33 Salamanca Mexico 8.8 mm 31 °C 14 °C 9 mm 2 358 h –
34 Cuautla Mexico 9.1 mm 32 °C 17 °C 9 mm 2 360 h –
35 Mesa United States 9.5 mm 30 °C 13 °C 9 mm 1 373 h –
36 Guadalupe Mexico 9.9 mm 26 °C 10 °C 10 mm 3 355 h –
37 Celaya Mexico 11 mm 30 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 359 h –
38 Lancaster United States 12 mm 23 °C 8.9 °C 12 mm 2 363 h –
39 Managua Nicaragua 13 mm 36 °C 25 °C 13 mm 3 352 h –
40 Santiago de Querétaro Mexico 14 mm 30 °C 13 °C 14 mm 3 358 h –
41 Albuquerque United States 14 mm 22 °C 6.7 °C 14 mm 3 361 h –
42 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 15 mm 29 °C 13 °C 15 mm 3 358 h –
43 Morelia Mexico 16 mm 28 °C 13 °C 16 mm 4 360 h –
44 Campeche Mexico 16 mm 35 °C 24 °C 16 mm 4 356 h 27 °C
45 Long Beach United States 17 mm 21 °C 12 °C 17 mm 2 357 h 16 °C
46 Huntington Beach United States 19 mm 20 °C 12 °C 19 mm 3 354 h 16 °C
47 Monclova Mexico 19 mm 32 °C 18 °C 19 mm 4 334 h –
48 Anaheim United States 19 mm 22 °C 11 °C 19 mm 3 353 h 16 °C
49 Coacalco Mexico 19 mm 25 °C 10.0 °C 19 mm 5 352 h –
50 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl Mexico 20 mm 26 °C 11 °C 20 mm 5 353 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

March: top 5

  1. La Paz 1.1 mm
  2. Cabo San Lucas 1.2 mm
  3. Los Mochis 1.9 mm
  4. Managua 2.0 mm
  5. Mazatlán 3.0 mm

Full ranking for March

May: top 5

  1. Los Mochis 0.3 mm
  2. Cabo San Lucas 0.4 mm
  3. Hermosillo 0.4 mm
  4. La Paz 0.5 mm
  5. Ciudad Obregón 0.7 mm

Full ranking for May

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in April, 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 North America 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.