The driest places in South America in February
Coquimbo tops the list at 0.5 mm in February. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.
| # | Destination | Country | Rainfall | Avg high | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coquimbo | Chile | 0.5 mm | 24 °C | 0 mm |
| 2 | La Serena | Chile | 0.5 mm | 25 °C | 1 mm |
| 3 | Antofagasta | Chile | 0.6 mm | 25 °C | 1 mm |
| 4 | Viña del Mar | Chile | 1.0 mm | 23 °C | 1 mm |
| 5 | Valparaíso | Chile | 1.0 mm | 20 °C | 1 mm |
| 6 | Iquique | Chile | 1.4 mm | 27 °C | 1 mm |
| 7 | Najrān | Saudi Arabia | 1.9 mm | 28 °C | 2 mm |
| 8 | Tabuk | Saudi Arabia | 2.0 mm | 20 °C | 2 mm |
| 9 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 2.6 mm | 27 °C | 3 mm |
| 10 | Madinah | Saudi Arabia | 3.0 mm | 26 °C | 3 mm |
| 11 | Maracaibo | Venezuela | 3.4 mm | 33 °C | 3 mm |
| 12 | Valle de La Pascua | Venezuela | 3.4 mm | 34 °C | 3 mm |
| 13 | Yanbu | Saudi Arabia | 3.8 mm | 26 °C | 4 mm |
| 14 | Calabozo | Venezuela | 4.0 mm | 34 °C | 4 mm |
| 15 | Barranquilla | Colombia | 4.6 mm | 29 °C | 5 mm |
| 16 | Soledad | Colombia | 4.6 mm | 30 °C | 5 mm |
| 17 | Santiago | Chile | 5.0 mm | 28 °C | 5 mm |
| 18 | Maipú | Chile | 5.2 mm | 29 °C | 5 mm |
| 19 | San Fernando de Apure | Venezuela | 5.4 mm | 34 °C | 5 mm |
| 20 | Cumaná | Venezuela | 5.9 mm | 29 °C | 6 mm |
| 21 | Makkah | Saudi Arabia | 6.1 mm | 29 °C | 6 mm |
| 22 | El Tigre | Venezuela | 6.3 mm | 32 °C | 6 mm |
| 23 | Cartagena | Colombia | 6.5 mm | 31 °C | 6 mm |
| 24 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 6.6 mm | 23 °C | 7 mm |
| 25 | Arica | Chile | 6.7 mm | 28 °C | 7 mm |
| 26 | Buraydah | Saudi Arabia | 6.7 mm | 22 °C | 7 mm |
| 27 | Unaizah | Saudi Arabia | 7.3 mm | 22 °C | 7 mm |
| 28 | Al Kharj | Saudi Arabia | 7.4 mm | 24 °C | 7 mm |
| 29 | Ta’if | Saudi Arabia | 7.4 mm | 23 °C | 7 mm |
| 30 | Talca | Chile | 7.5 mm | 29 °C | 7 mm |
| 31 | Rancagua | Chile | 7.5 mm | 28 °C | 7 mm |
| 32 | Maicao | Colombia | 7.8 mm | 31 °C | 8 mm |
| 33 | Barquisimeto | Venezuela | 7.9 mm | 31 °C | 8 mm |
| 34 | Ha'il | Saudi Arabia | 8.4 mm | 19 °C | 8 mm |
| 35 | San Juan de los Morros | Venezuela | 8.6 mm | 32 °C | 9 mm |
| 36 | Calama | Chile | 8.8 mm | 25 °C | 9 mm |
| 37 | Quilicura | Chile | 8.9 mm | 28 °C | 9 mm |
| 38 | Coro | Venezuela | 9.2 mm | 31 °C | 9 mm |
| 39 | Şabyā | Saudi Arabia | 9.8 mm | 29 °C | 10 mm |
| 40 | Acarigua | Venezuela | 9.9 mm | 33 °C | 10 mm |
| 41 | Araure | Venezuela | 9.9 mm | 33 °C | 10 mm |
| 42 | Hafar Al-Batin | Saudi Arabia | 10 mm | 20 °C | 10 mm |
| 43 | Ciudad Bolívar | Venezuela | 10 mm | 33 °C | 10 mm |
| 44 | Talcahuano | Chile | 11 mm | 22 °C | 11 mm |
| 45 | Chimbote | Peru | 11 mm | 27 °C | 11 mm |
| 46 | Concepción | Chile | 11 mm | 24 °C | 11 mm |
| 47 | Ciudad Guayana | Venezuela | 11 mm | 31 °C | 11 mm |
| 48 | Riohacha | Colombia | 12 mm | 31 °C | 12 mm |
| 49 | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 12 mm | 21 °C | 12 mm |
| 50 | Khamis Mushait | Saudi Arabia | 13 mm | 22 °C | 13 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.