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The driest places in the world in April: ranked by rainfall

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

Top three in April: Ziguinchor (0 mm) , Mbour (0.01 mm) , Kaolack (0.02 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 0.8 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Ziguinchor Senegal 0 mm 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 356 h –
2 Mbour Senegal 0.01 mm 32 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 355 h 20 °C
3 Kaolack Senegal 0.02 mm 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 356 h –
4 Serekunda Gambia 0.03 mm 28 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 356 h 21 °C
5 Banjul Gambia 0.03 mm 30 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 356 h 21 °C
6 Rufisque Senegal 0.04 mm 28 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 355 h 20 °C
7 Diourbel Senegal 0.04 mm 37 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 356 h –
8 Dakar Senegal 0.04 mm 25 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 355 h 20 °C
9 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 0.04 mm 34 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 356 h 27 °C
10 Esna Egypt 0.05 mm 34 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 359 h –
11 Thiès Senegal 0.05 mm 33 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 355 h 20 °C
12 Thiès Nones Senegal 0.05 mm 31 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 355 h 20 °C
13 Touba Senegal 0.05 mm 38 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 356 h –
14 Girga Egypt 0.07 mm 33 °C 17 °C 0 mm 0 357 h –
15 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.07 mm 35 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 359 h –
16 Nouakchott Mauritania 0.07 mm 32 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 357 h 18 °C
17 Saint-Louis Senegal 0.08 mm 28 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 356 h 19 °C
18 Sohag Egypt 0.08 mm 32 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 356 h –
19 Minya Egypt 0.09 mm 30 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 354 h –
20 Khartoum Sudan 0.2 mm 39 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 359 h –
21 Porbandar India 0.2 mm 32 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 362 h 27 °C
22 Al Fayyum Egypt 0.3 mm 30 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 352 h –
23 Hurghada Egypt 0.3 mm 27 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 362 h 23 °C
24 La Paz Mexico 0.3 mm 30 °C 17 °C 0 mm 0 365 h 22 °C
25 Bilimora India 0.3 mm 35 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 359 h 28 °C
26 Verāval India 0.3 mm 32 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 359 h 27 °C
27 Mallawī Egypt 0.3 mm 31 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 353 h –
28 Mumbai India 0.3 mm 33 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 358 h 29 °C
29 Kayes Mali 0.3 mm 42 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 353 h –
30 Assiut Egypt 0.4 mm 32 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 355 h –
31 Virār India 0.4 mm 34 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 358 h 28 °C
32 Jamnagar India 0.4 mm 35 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 361 h 27 °C
33 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 0.4 mm 27 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 365 h 21 °C
34 Surat India 0.5 mm 35 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 359 h 28 °C
35 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 0.5 mm 30 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 359 h 27 °C
36 Bharūch India 0.5 mm 38 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 359 h –
37 Manzanillo Mexico 0.5 mm 29 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 356 h 25 °C
38 El Fasher Sudan 0.5 mm 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 353 h –
39 Panvel India 0.5 mm 35 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 358 h 29 °C
40 Wad Medani Sudan 0.5 mm 41 °C 26 °C 1 mm 0 357 h –
41 Navsari India 0.6 mm 35 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 359 h 28 °C
42 Mazatlán Mexico 0.6 mm 28 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 354 h 23 °C
43 Karachi Pakistan 0.7 mm 33 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 365 h 27 °C
44 Praia Cabo Verde 0.7 mm 26 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 349 h 23 °C
45 6th of October City Egypt 0.7 mm 28 °C 13 °C 1 mm 0 350 h –
46 Jūnāgadh India 0.8 mm 38 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 357 h –
47 Tahoua Niger 0.8 mm 40 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 347 h –
48 Mahesāna India 0.8 mm 38 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 357 h –
49 Gāndhīdhām India 0.8 mm 38 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 361 h 27 °C
50 Morvi India 0.8 mm 38 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 359 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

March: top 5

  1. Khartoum 0.00 mm
  2. Bissau 0.01 mm
  3. Wad Medani 0.03 mm
  4. El Fasher 0.05 mm
  5. Tahoua 0.06 mm

Full ranking for March

May: top 5

  1. Ras Al Khaimah 0.01 mm
  2. Saint-Louis 0.06 mm
  3. Sohag 0.07 mm
  4. Minya 0.07 mm
  5. Yanbu 0.08 mm

Full ranking for May

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in April, 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 the world 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.