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The driest places in the world in May

Ras Al Khaimah tops the list at 0.01 mm in May. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Rainfall
1 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 0.01 mm 37 °C 0 mm
2 Saint-Louis Senegal 0.06 mm 28 °C 0 mm
3 Sohag Egypt 0.07 mm 37 °C 0 mm
4 Minya Egypt 0.07 mm 34 °C 0 mm
5 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 0.08 mm 34 °C 0 mm
6 Al Fayyum Egypt 0.09 mm 34 °C 0 mm
7 Rufisque Senegal 0.10 mm 28 °C 0 mm
8 Dakar Senegal 0.1 mm 26 °C 0 mm
9 Esna Egypt 0.1 mm 38 °C 0 mm
10 Mallawī Egypt 0.1 mm 35 °C 0 mm
11 Nouakchott Mauritania 0.1 mm 33 °C 0 mm
12 Thiès Senegal 0.1 mm 33 °C 0 mm
13 Thiès Nones Senegal 0.1 mm 31 °C 0 mm
14 Girga Egypt 0.1 mm 37 °C 0 mm
15 Mbour Senegal 0.1 mm 32 °C 0 mm
16 Mossamedes Angola 0.1 mm 29 °C 0 mm
17 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.2 mm 39 °C 0 mm
18 Dubai United Arab Emirates 0.2 mm 39 °C 0 mm
19 Port Sudan Sudan 0.2 mm 35 °C 0 mm
20 Diourbel Senegal 0.2 mm 37 °C 0 mm
21 Assiut Egypt 0.2 mm 36 °C 0 mm
22 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 0.2 mm 37 °C 0 mm
23 Hurghada Egypt 0.2 mm 31 °C 0 mm
24 Lusail Qatar 0.3 mm 37 °C 0 mm
25 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 0.3 mm 37 °C 0 mm
26 Doha Qatar 0.3 mm 38 °C 0 mm
27 Touba Senegal 0.3 mm 38 °C 0 mm
28 6th of October City Egypt 0.3 mm 32 °C 0 mm
29 Ar Rayyān Qatar 0.3 mm 39 °C 0 mm
30 Los Mochis Mexico 0.3 mm 34 °C 0 mm
31 Ica Peru 0.3 mm 27 °C 0 mm
32 Praia Cabo Verde 0.3 mm 27 °C 0 mm
33 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 0.4 mm 28 °C 0 mm
34 Al Ain City United Arab Emirates 0.4 mm 40 °C 0 mm
35 Hermosillo Mexico 0.4 mm 35 °C 0 mm
36 Kaolack Senegal 0.4 mm 37 °C 0 mm
37 Cairo Egypt 0.5 mm 33 °C 0 mm
38 Chincha Alta Peru 0.5 mm 24 °C 0 mm
39 Musaffah United Arab Emirates 0.5 mm 38 °C 0 mm
40 Al Muharraq Bahrain 0.5 mm 32 °C 0 mm
41 La Paz Mexico 0.5 mm 32 °C 1 mm
42 Laayoune Western Sahara 0.6 mm 26 °C 1 mm
43 Muscat Oman 0.6 mm 37 °C 1 mm
44 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0.6 mm 34 °C 1 mm
45 New Cairo Egypt 0.6 mm 31 °C 1 mm
46 Dammam Saudi Arabia 0.7 mm 36 °C 1 mm
47 Karachi Pakistan 0.7 mm 34 °C 1 mm
48 Suez Egypt 0.7 mm 32 °C 1 mm
49 Ciudad Obregón Mexico 0.7 mm 36 °C 1 mm
50 Zagazig Egypt 0.7 mm 33 °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.

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.