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The driest places in the world in September

7 destinations share the top spot at 0 mm in September, listed by fewest wet days, starting with Riyadh. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Rainfall
1 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0 mm 39 °C 0 mm
2 Assiut Egypt 0 mm 36 °C 0 mm
3 Minya Egypt 0 mm 35 °C 0 mm
4 Sohag Egypt 0 mm 37 °C 0 mm
5 Mallawī Egypt 0 mm 36 °C 0 mm
6 Al Muharraq Bahrain 0 mm 35 °C 0 mm
7 Girga Egypt 0 mm 38 °C 0 mm
8 Al Kharj Saudi Arabia 0.00 mm 40 °C 0 mm
9 Al Fayyum Egypt 0.01 mm 35 °C 0 mm
10 Kom Ombo Egypt 0.01 mm 39 °C 0 mm
11 Suez Egypt 0.01 mm 34 °C 0 mm
12 Kandahār Afghanistan 0.01 mm 34 °C 0 mm
13 6th of October City Egypt 0.02 mm 34 °C 0 mm
14 Esna Egypt 0.02 mm 38 °C 0 mm
15 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 0.02 mm 33 °C 0 mm
16 Dammam Saudi Arabia 0.02 mm 38 °C 0 mm
17 Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia 0.03 mm 40 °C 0 mm
18 New Cairo Egypt 0.03 mm 33 °C 0 mm
19 Zahedan Iran 0.04 mm 31 °C 0 mm
20 Bushehr Iran 0.04 mm 35 °C 0 mm
21 Hurghada Egypt 0.04 mm 33 °C 0 mm
22 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 0.05 mm 36 °C 0 mm
23 Unaizah Saudi Arabia 0.05 mm 39 °C 0 mm
24 Buraydah Saudi Arabia 0.05 mm 40 °C 0 mm
25 Tabuk Saudi Arabia 0.06 mm 36 °C 0 mm
26 Cairo Egypt 0.07 mm 34 °C 0 mm
27 Doha Qatar 0.07 mm 39 °C 0 mm
28 Lusail Qatar 0.07 mm 38 °C 0 mm
29 Zagazig Egypt 0.08 mm 35 °C 0 mm
30 Ar Rayyān Qatar 0.08 mm 40 °C 0 mm
31 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 0.08 mm 39 °C 0 mm
32 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0.09 mm 35 °C 0 mm
33 Yazd Iran 0.09 mm 33 °C 0 mm
34 Ismailia Egypt 0.09 mm 34 °C 0 mm
35 Ḩawallī Kuwait 0.1 mm 40 °C 0 mm
36 Ica Peru 0.1 mm 27 °C 0 mm
37 Sirjan Iran 0.1 mm 30 °C 0 mm
38 Al Hufūf Saudi Arabia 0.1 mm 41 °C 0 mm
39 Ha'il Saudi Arabia 0.1 mm 37 °C 0 mm
40 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 0.1 mm 37 °C 0 mm
41 Karbala Iraq 0.1 mm 40 °C 0 mm
42 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 0.2 mm 38 °C 0 mm
43 Arīsh Egypt 0.2 mm 30 °C 0 mm
44 Bayjī Iraq 0.2 mm 39 °C 0 mm
45 Ramadi Iraq 0.2 mm 39 °C 0 mm
46 Muscat Oman 0.2 mm 35 °C 0 mm
47 Al Aḩmadī Kuwait 0.2 mm 41 °C 0 mm
48 Isfahan Iran 0.2 mm 31 °C 0 mm
49 Madinah Saudi Arabia 0.2 mm 41 °C 0 mm
50 Al Diwaniyah Iraq 0.2 mm 42 °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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