The driest places in the world in April

Ziguinchor tops the list at 0 mm in April. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Rainfall
1 Ziguinchor Senegal 0 mm 37 °C 0 mm
2 Mbour Senegal 0.01 mm 32 °C 0 mm
3 Kaolack Senegal 0.02 mm 37 °C 0 mm
4 Serekunda Gambia 0.03 mm 28 °C 0 mm
5 Banjul Gambia 0.03 mm 30 °C 0 mm
6 Rufisque Senegal 0.04 mm 28 °C 0 mm
7 Diourbel Senegal 0.04 mm 37 °C 0 mm
8 Dakar Senegal 0.04 mm 25 °C 0 mm
9 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 0.04 mm 34 °C 0 mm
10 Esna Egypt 0.05 mm 34 °C 0 mm
11 Thiès Senegal 0.05 mm 33 °C 0 mm
12 Thiès Nones Senegal 0.05 mm 31 °C 0 mm
13 Touba Senegal 0.05 mm 38 °C 0 mm
14 Girga Egypt 0.07 mm 33 °C 0 mm
15 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.07 mm 35 °C 0 mm
16 Nouakchott Mauritania 0.07 mm 32 °C 0 mm
17 Saint-Louis Senegal 0.08 mm 28 °C 0 mm
18 Sohag Egypt 0.08 mm 32 °C 0 mm
19 Minya Egypt 0.09 mm 30 °C 0 mm
20 Khartoum Sudan 0.2 mm 39 °C 0 mm
21 Porbandar India 0.2 mm 32 °C 0 mm
22 Al Fayyum Egypt 0.3 mm 30 °C 0 mm
23 Hurghada Egypt 0.3 mm 27 °C 0 mm
24 La Paz Mexico 0.3 mm 30 °C 0 mm
25 Bilimora India 0.3 mm 35 °C 0 mm
26 Verāval India 0.3 mm 32 °C 0 mm
27 Mallawī Egypt 0.3 mm 31 °C 0 mm
28 Mumbai India 0.3 mm 33 °C 0 mm
29 Kayes Mali 0.3 mm 42 °C 0 mm
30 Assiut Egypt 0.4 mm 32 °C 0 mm
31 Virār India 0.4 mm 34 °C 0 mm
32 Jamnagar India 0.4 mm 35 °C 0 mm
33 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 0.4 mm 27 °C 0 mm
34 Surat India 0.5 mm 35 °C 0 mm
35 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 0.5 mm 30 °C 0 mm
36 Bharūch India 0.5 mm 38 °C 0 mm
37 Manzanillo Mexico 0.5 mm 29 °C 0 mm
38 El Fasher Sudan 0.5 mm 37 °C 0 mm
39 Panvel India 0.5 mm 35 °C 1 mm
40 Wad Medani Sudan 0.5 mm 41 °C 1 mm
41 Navsari India 0.6 mm 35 °C 1 mm
42 Mazatlán Mexico 0.6 mm 28 °C 1 mm
43 Karachi Pakistan 0.7 mm 33 °C 1 mm
44 Praia Cabo Verde 0.7 mm 26 °C 1 mm
45 6th of October City Egypt 0.7 mm 28 °C 1 mm
46 Jūnāgadh India 0.8 mm 38 °C 1 mm
47 Tahoua Niger 0.8 mm 40 °C 1 mm
48 Mahesāna India 0.8 mm 38 °C 1 mm
49 Gāndhīdhām India 0.8 mm 38 °C 1 mm
50 Morvi India 0.8 mm 38 °C 1 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.

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