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

Coquimbo tops the list at 0.5 mm in February. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.

Top three in February: Coquimbo (0.5 mm) , La Serena (0.5 mm) , Antofagasta (0.6 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 13 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Coquimbo Chile 0.5 mm 24 °C 17 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 18 °C
2 La Serena Chile 0.5 mm 25 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 338 h 18 °C
3 Antofagasta Chile 0.6 mm 25 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 340 h 20 °C
4 Viña del Mar Chile 1.0 mm 23 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 358 h 17 °C
5 Valparaíso Chile 1.0 mm 20 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 359 h 17 °C
6 Iquique Chile 1.4 mm 27 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 336 h 22 °C
7 Najrān Saudi Arabia 1.9 mm 28 °C 12 °C 2 mm 0 308 h –
8 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 2.0 mm 20 °C 4.8 °C 2 mm 1 296 h –
9 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2.6 mm 27 °C 20 °C 3 mm 1 306 h 26 °C
10 Madinah Saudi Arabia 3.0 mm 26 °C 11 °C 3 mm 1 305 h –
11 Maracaibo Venezuela 3.4 mm 33 °C 25 °C 3 mm 1 325 h 26 °C
12 Valle de La Pascua Venezuela 3.4 mm 34 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 306 h –
13 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 3.8 mm 26 °C 17 °C 4 mm 1 303 h 24 °C
14 Calabozo Venezuela 4.0 mm 34 °C 24 °C 4 mm 1 316 h –
15 Barranquilla Colombia 4.6 mm 29 °C 25 °C 5 mm 1 321 h 26 °C
16 Soledad Colombia 4.6 mm 30 °C 25 °C 5 mm 1 321 h 26 °C
17 Santiago Chile 5.0 mm 28 °C 16 °C 5 mm 1 363 h –
18 Maipú Chile 5.2 mm 29 °C 16 °C 5 mm 1 363 h –
19 San Fernando de Apure Venezuela 5.4 mm 34 °C 25 °C 5 mm 1 311 h –
20 Cumaná Venezuela 5.9 mm 29 °C 23 °C 6 mm 2 309 h 24 °C
21 Makkah Saudi Arabia 6.1 mm 29 °C 17 °C 6 mm 1 304 h –
22 El Tigre Venezuela 6.3 mm 32 °C 22 °C 6 mm 1 299 h –
23 Cartagena Colombia 6.5 mm 31 °C 25 °C 6 mm 2 317 h 27 °C
24 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 6.6 mm 23 °C 9.4 °C 7 mm 1 291 h –
25 Arica Chile 6.7 mm 28 °C 21 °C 7 mm 2 323 h 23 °C
26 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 6.7 mm 22 °C 8.1 °C 7 mm 1 295 h –
27 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 7.3 mm 22 °C 8.1 °C 7 mm 1 296 h –
28 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 7.4 mm 24 °C 9.8 °C 7 mm 1 292 h –
29 Ta’if Saudi Arabia 7.4 mm 23 °C 12 °C 7 mm 2 306 h –
30 Talca Chile 7.5 mm 29 °C 15 °C 7 mm 1 363 h –
31 Rancagua Chile 7.5 mm 28 °C 16 °C 7 mm 2 362 h –
32 Maicao Colombia 7.8 mm 31 °C 24 °C 8 mm 2 322 h –
33 Barquisimeto Venezuela 7.9 mm 31 °C 20 °C 8 mm 2 315 h –
34 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 8.4 mm 19 °C 5.9 °C 8 mm 1 297 h –
35 San Juan de los Morros Venezuela 8.6 mm 32 °C 21 °C 9 mm 2 312 h –
36 Calama Chile 8.8 mm 25 °C 9.3 °C 9 mm 2 337 h –
37 Quilicura Chile 8.9 mm 28 °C 17 °C 9 mm 2 363 h –
38 Coro Venezuela 9.2 mm 31 °C 23 °C 9 mm 2 324 h 25 °C
39 Şabyā Saudi Arabia 9.8 mm 29 °C 22 °C 10 mm 2 305 h 27 °C
40 Acarigua Venezuela 9.9 mm 33 °C 23 °C 10 mm 2 316 h –
41 Araure Venezuela 9.9 mm 33 °C 22 °C 10 mm 2 316 h –
42 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 10 mm 20 °C 7.3 °C 10 mm 2 279 h –
43 Ciudad Bolívar Venezuela 10 mm 33 °C 23 °C 10 mm 2 296 h –
44 Talcahuano Chile 11 mm 22 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 360 h 15 °C
45 Chimbote Peru 11 mm 27 °C 21 °C 11 mm 3 292 h 22 °C
46 Concepción Chile 11 mm 24 °C 14 °C 11 mm 2 360 h 14 °C
47 Ciudad Guayana Venezuela 11 mm 31 °C 22 °C 11 mm 2 301 h –
48 Riohacha Colombia 12 mm 31 °C 24 °C 12 mm 3 317 h 25 °C
49 Dammam Saudi Arabia 12 mm 21 °C 13 °C 12 mm 2 285 h 19 °C
50 Khamis Mushait Saudi Arabia 13 mm 22 °C 11 °C 13 mm 3 307 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. Antofagasta 0.2 mm
  2. Viña del Mar 0.3 mm
  3. La Serena 0.3 mm
  4. Coquimbo 0.3 mm
  5. Valparaíso 0.3 mm

Full ranking for January

March: top 5

  1. Iquique 0.4 mm
  2. Antofagasta 0.9 mm
  3. Yanbu 1.5 mm
  4. Tabuk 2.8 mm
  5. Viña del Mar 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 South 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.