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The driest places in the world in August

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.

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