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

San Miguel tops the list at 1.5 mm in February. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in February: San Miguel (1.5 mm) , Santa Ana (1.6 mm) , Managua (1.8 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 11 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 San Miguel El Salvador 1.5 mm 36 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 324 h –
2 Santa Ana El Salvador 1.6 mm 31 °C 19 °C 2 mm 0 316 h –
3 Managua Nicaragua 1.8 mm 34 °C 23 °C 2 mm 1 325 h –
4 Soyapango El Salvador 2.3 mm 31 °C 20 °C 2 mm 1 318 h –
5 San Salvador El Salvador 2.7 mm 31 °C 20 °C 3 mm 1 318 h –
6 Mixco Guatemala 3.3 mm 25 °C 13 °C 3 mm 1 312 h –
7 Guatemala City Guatemala 3.8 mm 26 °C 13 °C 4 mm 1 312 h –
8 Comitán Mexico 4.1 mm 24 °C 13 °C 4 mm 1 308 h –
9 Oaxaca Mexico 4.4 mm 27 °C 11 °C 4 mm 1 306 h –
10 Cuautla Mexico 4.8 mm 28 °C 13 °C 5 mm 1 311 h –
11 Acapulco de Juárez Mexico 4.9 mm 31 °C 21 °C 5 mm 1 316 h 28 °C
12 Tuxtla Mexico 5.1 mm 30 °C 18 °C 5 mm 1 304 h –
13 Torreón Mexico 5.2 mm 26 °C 11 °C 5 mm 1 289 h –
14 Tegucigalpa Honduras 5.4 mm 28 °C 17 °C 5 mm 2 319 h –
15 Jiutepec Mexico 5.7 mm 27 °C 12 °C 6 mm 1 311 h –
16 Jalapa Guatemala 5.8 mm 25 °C 14 °C 6 mm 1 307 h –
17 Villa Canales Guatemala 6.6 mm 27 °C 15 °C 7 mm 2 314 h –
18 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 7.1 mm 30 °C 21 °C 7 mm 1 311 h 27 °C
19 Ojo de Agua Mexico 7.2 mm 23 °C 7.1 °C 7 mm 2 302 h –
20 La Paz Mexico 7.3 mm 25 °C 15 °C 7 mm 1 295 h 21 °C
21 Coacalco Mexico 7.5 mm 22 °C 6.7 °C 7 mm 2 302 h –
22 Tehuacán Mexico 7.5 mm 25 °C 11 °C 8 mm 2 307 h –
23 Chihuahua Mexico 7.6 mm 21 °C 5.7 °C 8 mm 2 287 h –
24 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 8.4 mm 25 °C 18 °C 8 mm 1 297 h 22 °C
25 Puebla Mexico 8.4 mm 23 °C 8.5 °C 8 mm 1 309 h –
26 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl Mexico 8.4 mm 23 °C 7.7 °C 8 mm 2 303 h –
27 Cuauhtémoc Mexico 8.5 mm 17 °C 2.3 °C 8 mm 2 291 h –
28 Gustavo Adolfo Madero Mexico 8.8 mm 22 °C 6.9 °C 9 mm 2 303 h –
29 San Cristóbal de las Casas Mexico 9.3 mm 21 °C 10 °C 9 mm 2 306 h –
30 Escuintla Guatemala 9.9 mm 31 °C 19 °C 10 mm 3 315 h –
31 Danlí Honduras 10 mm 28 °C 18 °C 10 mm 3 296 h –
32 Monclova Mexico 10 mm 24 °C 11 °C 10 mm 3 269 h –
33 Cuernavaca Mexico 11 mm 26 °C 10 °C 11 mm 2 309 h –
34 Saskatoon Canada 11 mm -6.9 °C -16 °C 11 mm 3 197 h –
35 Panama City Panama 11 mm 30 °C 24 °C 11 mm 3 308 h 25 °C
36 San Miguelito Panama 11 mm 30 °C 24 °C 11 mm 3 308 h 25 °C
37 Irapuato Mexico 11 mm 26 °C 9.8 °C 11 mm 2 305 h –
38 León de los Aldama Mexico 11 mm 25 °C 9.7 °C 11 mm 2 306 h –
39 Edmonton Canada 11 mm -4.1 °C -14 °C 11 mm 3 201 h –
40 Campeche Mexico 12 mm 31 °C 21 °C 12 mm 3 299 h 25 °C
41 Tonalá Mexico 12 mm 25 °C 11 °C 12 mm 2 304 h –
42 Calgary Canada 12 mm 0.8 °C -11 °C 12 mm 4 224 h –
43 Dessalines Haiti 12 mm 32 °C 21 °C 12 mm 3 314 h –
44 Regina Canada 12 mm -5.7 °C -15 °C 12 mm 3 205 h –
45 Victoria de Durango Mexico 12 mm 22 °C 5.3 °C 12 mm 2 299 h –
46 Chilpancingo Mexico 12 mm 29 °C 15 °C 12 mm 2 314 h –
47 Ciudad Juárez Mexico 12 mm 18 °C 3.6 °C 12 mm 3 284 h –
48 Salamanca Mexico 12 mm 26 °C 10 °C 12 mm 2 305 h –
49 Mexicali Mexico 12 mm 24 °C 11 °C 12 mm 2 280 h –
50 Tlaquepaque Mexico 13 mm 26 °C 12 °C 13 mm 2 304 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

January: top 5

  1. San Miguel 1.3 mm
  2. Managua 1.8 mm
  3. Santa Ana 2.0 mm
  4. Soyapango 2.1 mm
  5. San Salvador 2.3 mm

Full ranking for January

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

How this ranking is built

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