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The driest places in South America in March

Iquique tops the list at 0.4 mm in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Rainfall
1 Iquique Chile 0.4 mm 27 °C 0 mm
2 Antofagasta Chile 0.9 mm 24 °C 1 mm
3 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 1.5 mm 28 °C 1 mm
4 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 2.8 mm 24 °C 3 mm
5 Viña del Mar Chile 3.0 mm 23 °C 3 mm
6 Valparaíso Chile 3.0 mm 19 °C 3 mm
7 Arica Chile 3.7 mm 27 °C 4 mm
8 Madinah Saudi Arabia 4.3 mm 30 °C 4 mm
9 Coquimbo Chile 4.4 mm 23 °C 4 mm
10 La Serena Chile 4.4 mm 24 °C 4 mm
11 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 4.6 mm 29 °C 5 mm
12 Calama Chile 5.4 mm 24 °C 5 mm
13 Maipú Chile 8.6 mm 27 °C 9 mm
14 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 8.6 mm 29 °C 9 mm
15 Santiago Chile 8.6 mm 26 °C 9 mm
16 Najrān Saudi Arabia 9.4 mm 30 °C 9 mm
17 Coro Venezuela 9.8 mm 32 °C 10 mm
18 Makkah Saudi Arabia 11 mm 32 °C 11 mm
19 Ciudad Guayana Venezuela 11 mm 32 °C 11 mm
20 Rancagua Chile 11 mm 26 °C 11 mm
21 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 12 mm 24 °C 12 mm
22 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 12 mm 27 °C 12 mm
23 Chincha Alta Peru 12 mm 26 °C 12 mm
24 Ciudad Bolívar Venezuela 12 mm 34 °C 12 mm
25 Dammam Saudi Arabia 12 mm 25 °C 12 mm
26 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 13 mm 27 °C 13 mm
27 Valle de La Pascua Venezuela 13 mm 34 °C 13 mm
28 Tacna Peru 13 mm 27 °C 13 mm
29 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 13 mm 26 °C 13 mm
30 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 13 mm 28 °C 13 mm
31 Talca Chile 14 mm 27 °C 14 mm
32 Maicao Colombia 14 mm 32 °C 14 mm
33 Quilicura Chile 14 mm 27 °C 14 mm
34 Chimbote Peru 14 mm 27 °C 14 mm
35 Puente Alto Chile 15 mm 26 °C 15 mm
36 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 15 mm 26 °C 15 mm
37 El Tigre Venezuela 15 mm 33 °C 15 mm
38 Cumaná Venezuela 15 mm 30 °C 15 mm
39 Porlamar Venezuela 16 mm 26 °C 16 mm
40 Calabozo Venezuela 17 mm 35 °C 17 mm
41 Riohacha Colombia 17 mm 31 °C 17 mm
42 Barcelona Venezuela 18 mm 31 °C 18 mm
43 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 18 mm 26 °C 18 mm
44 Maracaibo Venezuela 18 mm 33 °C 18 mm
45 Şabyā Saudi Arabia 18 mm 31 °C 18 mm
46 Neuquén Argentina 19 mm 27 °C 19 mm
47 Cartagena Colombia 19 mm 31 °C 19 mm
48 Ta’if Saudi Arabia 19 mm 25 °C 19 mm
49 Talcahuano Chile 19 mm 21 °C 19 mm
50 Ica Peru 20 mm 30 °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

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.