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

Esna tops the list at 0.06 mm in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in October: Esna (0.06 mm) , Girga (0.08 mm) , Mallawī (0.1 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 2.2 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Esna Egypt 0.06 mm 35 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 340 h –
2 Girga Egypt 0.08 mm 34 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 341 h –
3 Mallawī Egypt 0.1 mm 32 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 340 h –
4 Assiut Egypt 0.2 mm 33 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 340 h –
5 Sohag Egypt 0.2 mm 33 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 341 h –
6 Minya Egypt 0.2 mm 31 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 339 h –
7 Calama Chile 0.2 mm 24 °C 5.1 °C 0 mm 0 385 h –
8 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.3 mm 36 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 340 h –
9 Al Fayyum Egypt 0.3 mm 31 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 338 h –
10 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 0.4 mm 36 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 338 h –
11 Al Ain City United Arab Emirates 0.4 mm 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 343 h –
12 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 0.4 mm 35 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 31 °C
13 Ar Rayyān Qatar 0.5 mm 36 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 31 °C
14 Doha Qatar 0.5 mm 35 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 31 °C
15 Al Muharraq Bahrain 0.5 mm 31 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 30 °C
16 6th of October City Egypt 0.5 mm 30 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 336 h –
17 Musaffah United Arab Emirates 0.6 mm 36 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 337 h –
18 ‘Ibrī Oman 0.6 mm 36 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 346 h –
19 Lusail Qatar 0.6 mm 34 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 338 h 31 °C
20 Antofagasta Chile 0.6 mm 20 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 379 h 16 °C
21 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 0.7 mm 34 °C 27 °C 1 mm 0 339 h 31 °C
22 Dunhuang China 0.8 mm 18 °C 4.0 °C 1 mm 0 318 h –
23 Dammam Saudi Arabia 0.8 mm 34 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 339 h 30 °C
24 Cairo Egypt 0.9 mm 31 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 334 h –
25 New Cairo Egypt 0.9 mm 29 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 333 h –
26 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0.9 mm 34 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 339 h –
27 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 0.9 mm 35 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 339 h –
28 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 1.0 mm 31 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 336 h –
29 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 1.1 mm 35 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 337 h 30 °C
30 Dubai United Arab Emirates 1.1 mm 36 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 337 h 31 °C
31 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 1.1 mm 30 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 332 h –
32 Chincha Alta Peru 1.1 mm 23 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 364 h 17 °C
33 Suez Egypt 1.1 mm 30 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 336 h –
34 Ica Peru 1.2 mm 27 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 367 h –
35 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 1.2 mm 35 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 334 h –
36 Kandahār Afghanistan 1.2 mm 27 °C 11 °C 1 mm 0 337 h –
37 Muscat Oman 1.2 mm 33 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 344 h 30 °C
38 Tacna Peru 1.2 mm 22 °C 13 °C 1 mm 0 360 h –
39 Bushehr Iran 1.3 mm 32 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 336 h 30 °C
40 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 1.4 mm 35 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 338 h 31 °C
41 Mossamedes Angola 1.4 mm 26 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 366 h 21 °C
42 Zagazig Egypt 1.6 mm 31 °C 18 °C 2 mm 0 329 h –
43 Dadu Pakistan 1.6 mm 36 °C 22 °C 2 mm 1 336 h –
44 Ismailia Egypt 1.7 mm 30 °C 18 °C 2 mm 0 325 h –
45 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 1.8 mm 34 °C 25 °C 2 mm 0 337 h 30 °C
46 Chimbote Peru 1.9 mm 21 °C 16 °C 2 mm 1 358 h 17 °C
47 Zahedan Iran 2.0 mm 26 °C 13 °C 2 mm 1 339 h –
48 Herāt Afghanistan 2.1 mm 24 °C 8.1 °C 2 mm 1 333 h –
49 Ḩawallī Kuwait 2.2 mm 34 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 336 h 28 °C
50 Kerman Iran 2.3 mm 25 °C 12 °C 2 mm 0 335 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

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

November: top 5

  1. Maradi 0 mm
  2. El Fasher 0 mm
  3. Katsina 0.01 mm
  4. Gusau 0.01 mm
  5. Tahoua 0.01 mm

Full ranking for November

How this ranking is built

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