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

10 destinations share the top spot at 0 mm in August, listed by fewest wet days, starting with Assiut. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in August: Assiut (0 mm) , Al Fayyum (0 mm) , Esna (0 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 0.04 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Assiut Egypt 0 mm 39 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 374 h –
2 Al Fayyum Egypt 0 mm 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
3 Esna Egypt 0 mm 40 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 373 h –
4 6th of October City Egypt 0 mm 36 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
5 Minya Egypt 0 mm 37 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 375 h –
6 Sohag Egypt 0 mm 39 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 373 h –
7 Mallawī Egypt 0 mm 38 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 375 h –
8 Hurghada Egypt 0 mm 35 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 379 h 29 °C
9 Al Muharraq Bahrain 0 mm 36 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 377 h 34 °C
10 Girga Egypt 0 mm 40 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 373 h –
11 Suez Egypt 0.00 mm 36 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 379 h –
12 Zagazig Egypt 0.00 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 369 h –
13 Damanhur Egypt 0.00 mm 34 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
14 New Cairo Egypt 0.00 mm 35 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
15 Bushehr Iran 0.00 mm 37 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 386 h 33 °C
16 Sāmarrā’ Iraq 0.00 mm 44 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
17 Cairo Egypt 0.01 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
18 Karbala Iraq 0.01 mm 44 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 385 h –
19 Herāt Afghanistan 0.01 mm 34 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 386 h –
20 Al-Kut Iraq 0.01 mm 46 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 380 h –
21 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.01 mm 41 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
22 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 0.01 mm 43 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
23 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 0.01 mm 35 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 376 h –
24 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 0.01 mm 44 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
25 Al Mansurah Egypt 0.01 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
26 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 0.01 mm 44 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 369 h –
27 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 0.01 mm 32 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 377 h 28 °C
28 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 0.02 mm 38 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 396 h –
29 Al Hillah Iraq 0.02 mm 45 °C 30 °C 0 mm 0 383 h –
30 Ismailia Egypt 0.02 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 367 h –
31 Ramadi Iraq 0.02 mm 43 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
32 Khānaqīn Iraq 0.02 mm 44 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 387 h –
33 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0.02 mm 43 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 368 h –
34 Likasi Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.02 mm 28 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 345 h –
35 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 0.02 mm 35 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 374 h –
36 Mossamedes Angola 0.03 mm 22 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 327 h 19 °C
37 Dammam Saudi Arabia 0.03 mm 40 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 33 °C
38 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 0.03 mm 42 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
39 Baqubah Iraq 0.03 mm 45 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 386 h –
40 Bakersfield United States 0.03 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 405 h –
41 Al Diwaniyah Iraq 0.03 mm 46 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 379 h –
42 Livingstone Zambia 0.03 mm 28 °C 13 °C 0 mm 0 340 h –
43 Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.04 mm 28 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
44 Nasiriyah Iraq 0.04 mm 46 °C 32 °C 0 mm 0 376 h –
45 Damietta Egypt 0.04 mm 31 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 28 °C
46 Ṣuwayliḥ Jordan 0.04 mm 31 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 399 h –
47 Isfahan Iran 0.04 mm 36 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 397 h –
48 Wādī as Sīr Jordan 0.04 mm 33 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 399 h –
49 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 0.04 mm 37 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 384 h 30 °C
50 Kitwe Zambia 0.04 mm 28 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 349 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

July: top 5

  1. Riyadh 0 mm
  2. Dammam 0 mm
  3. Kolwezi 0 mm
  4. Buraydah 0 mm
  5. Suez 0 mm

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Riyadh 0 mm
  2. Assiut 0 mm
  3. Minya 0 mm
  4. Sohag 0 mm
  5. Mallawī 0 mm

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in August, 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.