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The driest places in South America in April

Yanbu tops the list at 1.0 mm in April. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Rainfall
1 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 1.0 mm 31 °C 1 mm
2 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 1.4 mm 29 °C 1 mm
3 Iquique Chile 1.4 mm 25 °C 1 mm
4 Calama Chile 1.6 mm 24 °C 2 mm
5 Antofagasta Chile 1.8 mm 22 °C 2 mm
6 Tacna Peru 1.9 mm 24 °C 2 mm
7 Chincha Alta Peru 2.7 mm 26 °C 3 mm
8 Coquimbo Chile 3.1 mm 21 °C 3 mm
9 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3.2 mm 31 °C 3 mm
10 Ica Peru 3.3 mm 29 °C 3 mm
11 La Serena Chile 3.3 mm 22 °C 3 mm
12 Dammam Saudi Arabia 3.9 mm 30 °C 4 mm
13 Chimbote Peru 4.4 mm 25 °C 4 mm
14 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 4.6 mm 31 °C 5 mm
15 Madinah Saudi Arabia 4.8 mm 35 °C 5 mm
16 Santa Anita - Los Ficus Peru 6.2 mm 23 °C 6 mm
17 Arica Chile 6.4 mm 24 °C 6 mm
18 Lima Peru 6.4 mm 25 °C 6 mm
19 Callao Peru 6.4 mm 25 °C 6 mm
20 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 6.6 mm 35 °C 7 mm
21 Porlamar Venezuela 9.5 mm 27 °C 9 mm
22 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 9.7 mm 32 °C 10 mm
23 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 9.8 mm 29 °C 10 mm
24 Makkah Saudi Arabia 11 mm 36 °C 11 mm
25 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 11 mm 34 °C 11 mm
26 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 12 mm 32 °C 12 mm
27 Najrān Saudi Arabia 13 mm 32 °C 13 mm
28 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 14 mm 33 °C 14 mm
29 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 14 mm 32 °C 14 mm
30 Valparaíso Chile 14 mm 17 °C 14 mm
31 Viña del Mar Chile 14 mm 21 °C 14 mm
32 Şabyā Saudi Arabia 21 mm 34 °C 21 mm
33 Neuquén Argentina 22 mm 21 °C 22 mm
34 Trujillo Peru 26 mm 25 °C 26 mm
35 Coro Venezuela 26 mm 33 °C 26 mm
36 Chiclayo Peru 27 mm 27 °C 27 mm
37 Oruro Bolivia 27 mm 16 °C 27 mm
38 Cumaná Venezuela 28 mm 30 °C 28 mm
39 Santiago Chile 28 mm 22 °C 28 mm
40 Maipú Chile 28 mm 23 °C 28 mm
41 Ta’if Saudi Arabia 32 mm 28 °C 32 mm
42 Ciudad Guayana Venezuela 32 mm 33 °C 32 mm
43 Montes Claros Brazil 35 mm 28 °C 35 mm
44 Barcelona Venezuela 35 mm 32 °C 35 mm
45 Petrolina Brazil 37 mm 32 °C 37 mm
46 El Tigre Venezuela 37 mm 34 °C 37 mm
47 Quilicura Chile 37 mm 23 °C 37 mm
48 Puente Alto Chile 39 mm 22 °C 39 mm
49 Piura Peru 40 mm 33 °C 40 mm
50 Maturín Venezuela 43 mm 33 °C 43 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

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.