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

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

Top three in June: Jeddah (0 mm) , Dammam (0 mm) , Assiut (0 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 0.09 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0 mm 35 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 383 h 29 °C
2 Dammam Saudi Arabia 0 mm 39 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 385 h 30 °C
3 Assiut Egypt 0 mm 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 401 h
4 Esna Egypt 0 mm 40 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 389 h
5 Kom Ombo Egypt 0 mm 41 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 386 h
6 Minya Egypt 0 mm 37 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 408 h
7 Sohag Egypt 0 mm 39 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 396 h
8 Mossamedes Angola 0 mm 26 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 320 h 21 °C
9 Mallawī Egypt 0 mm 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 406 h
10 Hurghada Egypt 0 mm 33 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 392 h 26 °C
11 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 0 mm 36 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 389 h 28 °C
12 Al Muharraq Bahrain 0 mm 35 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 386 h 30 °C
13 Bushehr Iran 0 mm 35 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 389 h 29 °C
14 Girga Egypt 0 mm 39 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 394 h
15 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 0.00 mm 43 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 368 h
16 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 0.01 mm 37 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 389 h
17 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 0.01 mm 44 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 382 h
18 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 0.01 mm 40 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 384 h 30 °C
19 Suez Egypt 0.02 mm 35 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 406 h
20 Menongue Angola 0.02 mm 26 °C 9.5 °C 0 mm 0 323 h
21 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0.02 mm 42 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 367 h
22 Madinah Saudi Arabia 0.02 mm 42 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 386 h
23 Karbala Iraq 0.02 mm 41 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 409 h
24 Doha Qatar 0.02 mm 40 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 386 h 30 °C
25 Ar Rayyān Qatar 0.02 mm 42 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 386 h 30 °C
26 Lusail Qatar 0.02 mm 39 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 386 h 30 °C
27 Ramadi Iraq 0.02 mm 41 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 410 h
28 Al Diwaniyah Iraq 0.03 mm 43 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 406 h
29 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 0.03 mm 41 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 371 h
30 Likasi Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.03 mm 26 °C 13 °C 0 mm 0 329 h
31 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 0.03 mm 41 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 372 h
32 Al Fayyum Egypt 0.03 mm 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 413 h
33 Najaf Iraq 0.03 mm 42 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 406 h
34 Alexandria Egypt 0.04 mm 28 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 415 h 24 °C
35 Nasiriyah Iraq 0.04 mm 44 °C 30 °C 0 mm 0 397 h
36 Cairo Egypt 0.04 mm 36 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 412 h
37 Al-Kut Iraq 0.05 mm 44 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 408 h
38 6th of October City Egypt 0.05 mm 35 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 413 h
39 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 0.06 mm 42 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 383 h
40 Mansa Zambia 0.06 mm 25 °C 14 °C 0 mm 0 334 h
41 Bandar-e Māhshahr Iran 0.06 mm 45 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 389 h
42 Huambo Angola 0.07 mm 24 °C 9.3 °C 0 mm 0 333 h
43 Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.07 mm 25 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 328 h
44 Lubango Angola 0.07 mm 24 °C 11 °C 0 mm 0 323 h
45 New Cairo Egypt 0.07 mm 34 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 411 h
46 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 0.07 mm 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 385 h
47 Baqubah Iraq 0.08 mm 42 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 414 h
48 Al Hillah Iraq 0.08 mm 43 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 410 h
49 Idkū Egypt 0.08 mm 30 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 416 h 24 °C
50 Baghdad Iraq 0.09 mm 42 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 413 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

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

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

How this ranking is built

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