The driest places in North America in November
Mexicali tops the list at 4.2 mm in November. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.
| # | Destination | Country | Rainfall | Avg high | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexicali | Mexico | 4.2 mm | 26 °C | 4 mm |
| 2 | San Luis Río Colorado | Mexico | 4.5 mm | 26 °C | 5 mm |
| 3 | Torreón | Mexico | 7.9 mm | 26 °C | 8 mm |
| 4 | Oaxaca | Mexico | 8.8 mm | 24 °C | 9 mm |
| 5 | Las Vegas | United States | 9.5 mm | 19 °C | 10 mm |
| 6 | Lancaster | United States | 9.7 mm | 19 °C | 10 mm |
| 7 | León de los Aldama | Mexico | 9.7 mm | 24 °C | 10 mm |
| 8 | Spring Valley | United States | 9.7 mm | 19 °C | 10 mm |
| 9 | Irapuato | Mexico | 10 mm | 25 °C | 10 mm |
| 10 | Henderson | United States | 11 mm | 20 °C | 11 mm |
| 11 | San Miguel de Allende | Mexico | 11 mm | 23 °C | 11 mm |
| 12 | La Paz | Mexico | 12 mm | 28 °C | 12 mm |
| 13 | Aguascalientes | Mexico | 12 mm | 23 °C | 12 mm |
| 14 | Coacalco | Mexico | 12 mm | 20 °C | 12 mm |
| 15 | Tonalá | Mexico | 12 mm | 24 °C | 12 mm |
| 16 | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | 12 mm | 20 °C | 12 mm |
| 17 | Victoria de Durango | Mexico | 12 mm | 23 °C | 12 mm |
| 18 | Salamanca | Mexico | 12 mm | 25 °C | 12 mm |
| 19 | Celaya | Mexico | 12 mm | 24 °C | 12 mm |
| 20 | Ojo de Agua | Mexico | 13 mm | 21 °C | 13 mm |
| 21 | Santiago de Querétaro | Mexico | 13 mm | 24 °C | 13 mm |
| 22 | Tlaquepaque | Mexico | 13 mm | 25 °C | 13 mm |
| 23 | Jiutepec | Mexico | 14 mm | 25 °C | 14 mm |
| 24 | Cuauhtémoc | Mexico | 14 mm | 18 °C | 14 mm |
| 25 | Albuquerque | United States | 14 mm | 14 °C | 14 mm |
| 26 | Cabo San Lucas | Mexico | 15 mm | 28 °C | 15 mm |
| 27 | Chihuahua | Mexico | 15 mm | 22 °C | 15 mm |
| 28 | Guadalupe | Mexico | 15 mm | 21 °C | 15 mm |
| 29 | Hermosillo | Mexico | 15 mm | 28 °C | 15 mm |
| 30 | Phoenix | United States | 16 mm | 24 °C | 16 mm |
| 31 | Los Mochis | Mexico | 16 mm | 30 °C | 16 mm |
| 32 | Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl | Mexico | 17 mm | 21 °C | 17 mm |
| 33 | San Luis Potosí | Mexico | 17 mm | 22 °C | 17 mm |
| 34 | Tucson | United States | 17 mm | 23 °C | 17 mm |
| 35 | Puebla | Mexico | 17 mm | 22 °C | 17 mm |
| 36 | Cuautla | Mexico | 17 mm | 27 °C | 17 mm |
| 37 | Ciudad Obregón | Mexico | 17 mm | 30 °C | 17 mm |
| 38 | Tehuacán | Mexico | 17 mm | 23 °C | 17 mm |
| 39 | Monclova | Mexico | 17 mm | 24 °C | 17 mm |
| 40 | Long Beach | United States | 17 mm | 21 °C | 17 mm |
| 41 | Gustavo Adolfo Madero | Mexico | 18 mm | 20 °C | 18 mm |
| 42 | Palmdale | United States | 18 mm | 19 °C | 18 mm |
| 43 | Mesa | United States | 18 mm | 24 °C | 18 mm |
| 44 | Santa Clarita | United States | 19 mm | 22 °C | 19 mm |
| 45 | Huntington Beach | United States | 19 mm | 21 °C | 19 mm |
| 46 | Calgary | Canada | 20 mm | 2.6 °C | 20 mm |
| 47 | Anaheim | United States | 20 mm | 22 °C | 20 mm |
| 48 | Los Angeles | United States | 20 mm | 23 °C | 20 mm |
| 49 | Aurora | United States | 20 mm | 11 °C | 20 mm |
| 50 | Saskatoon | Canada | 20 mm | -0.4 °C | 20 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
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- 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.