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

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

Top three in May: Ras Al Khaimah (0.01 mm) , Saint-Louis (0.06 mm) , Sohag (0.07 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 0.7 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 0.01 mm 37 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 390 h 28 °C
2 Saint-Louis Senegal 0.06 mm 28 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 368 h 21 °C
3 Sohag Egypt 0.07 mm 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
4 Minya Egypt 0.07 mm 34 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 391 h –
5 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 0.08 mm 34 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 394 h 27 °C
6 Al Fayyum Egypt 0.09 mm 34 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 392 h –
7 Rufisque Senegal 0.10 mm 28 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 368 h 22 °C
8 Dakar Senegal 0.1 mm 26 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 368 h 22 °C
9 Esna Egypt 0.1 mm 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
10 Mallawī Egypt 0.1 mm 35 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 390 h –
11 Nouakchott Mauritania 0.1 mm 33 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 368 h 19 °C
12 Thiès Senegal 0.1 mm 33 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 367 h 22 °C
13 Thiès Nones Senegal 0.1 mm 31 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 367 h 22 °C
14 Girga Egypt 0.1 mm 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
15 Mbour Senegal 0.1 mm 32 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 366 h 22 °C
16 Mossamedes Angola 0.1 mm 29 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 343 h 23 °C
17 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.2 mm 39 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
18 Dubai United Arab Emirates 0.2 mm 39 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 391 h 29 °C
19 Port Sudan Sudan 0.2 mm 35 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 391 h 29 °C
20 Diourbel Senegal 0.2 mm 37 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 366 h –
21 Assiut Egypt 0.2 mm 36 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 389 h –
22 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 0.2 mm 37 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 392 h 29 °C
23 Hurghada Egypt 0.2 mm 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 395 h 25 °C
24 Lusail Qatar 0.3 mm 37 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 394 h 28 °C
25 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 0.3 mm 37 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 391 h 29 °C
26 Doha Qatar 0.3 mm 38 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 394 h 28 °C
27 Touba Senegal 0.3 mm 38 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 366 h –
28 6th of October City Egypt 0.3 mm 32 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 394 h –
29 Ar Rayyān Qatar 0.3 mm 39 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 394 h 28 °C
30 Los Mochis Mexico 0.3 mm 34 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 394 h 25 °C
31 Ica Peru 0.3 mm 27 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 346 h –
32 Praia Cabo Verde 0.3 mm 27 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 384 h 24 °C
33 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 0.4 mm 28 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 393 h 22 °C
34 Al Ain City United Arab Emirates 0.4 mm 40 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 386 h –
35 Hermosillo Mexico 0.4 mm 35 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 401 h –
36 Kaolack Senegal 0.4 mm 37 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 365 h –
37 Cairo Egypt 0.5 mm 33 °C 17 °C 0 mm 0 394 h –
38 Chincha Alta Peru 0.5 mm 24 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 346 h 19 °C
39 Musaffah United Arab Emirates 0.5 mm 38 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 392 h –
40 Al Muharraq Bahrain 0.5 mm 32 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 392 h 27 °C
41 La Paz Mexico 0.5 mm 32 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 395 h 23 °C
42 Laayoune Western Sahara 0.6 mm 26 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 380 h 19 °C
43 Muscat Oman 0.6 mm 37 °C 28 °C 1 mm 0 373 h 30 °C
44 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0.6 mm 34 °C 26 °C 1 mm 0 390 h 28 °C
45 New Cairo Egypt 0.6 mm 31 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 394 h –
46 Dammam Saudi Arabia 0.7 mm 36 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 390 h 27 °C
47 Karachi Pakistan 0.7 mm 34 °C 26 °C 1 mm 0 397 h 29 °C
48 Suez Egypt 0.7 mm 32 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 394 h –
49 Ciudad Obregón Mexico 0.7 mm 36 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 399 h –
50 Zagazig Egypt 0.7 mm 33 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 390 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

April: top 5

  1. Ziguinchor 0 mm
  2. Mbour 0.01 mm
  3. Kaolack 0.02 mm
  4. Serekunda 0.03 mm
  5. Banjul 0.03 mm

Full ranking for April

June: top 5

  1. Jeddah 0 mm
  2. Dammam 0 mm
  3. Assiut 0 mm
  4. Esna 0 mm
  5. Kom Ombo 0 mm

Full ranking for June

How this ranking is built

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