The driest cities
Well-known travel destinations ranked by how little rain they get in a typical year.
#
City
Rain per year
Climate
1
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
< 0.1 in
BWhHot desert2
Lima
Peru
0.1 in
BWhHot desert3
Luxor
Egypt
0.9 in
BWhHot desert4
Cairo
Egypt
2.1 in
BWhHot desert5
Aswān
Egypt
2.6 in
BWhHot desert6
Doha
Qatar
3.2 in
BWhHot desert7
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
3.5 in
BWhHot desert8
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
3.8 in
BWhHot desert9
Arequipa
Peru
3.9 in
BWkCold desert10
Las Vegas
NV, United States
4.2 in
BWhHot desert11
Coober Pedy
Australia
5.5 in
BWhHot desert12
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
5.7 in
BWhHot desert13
Page
AZ, United States
5.8 in
BWkCold desert14
Muscat
Oman
6.0 in
BWhHot desert15
El Calafate
Argentina
6.3 in
BSkCold semi-arid16
Phoenix
AZ, United States
7.2 in
BWhHot desert17
Ulan Bator
Mongolia
7.8 in
BSkCold semi-arid18
San Diego
CA, United States
8.6 in
BSkCold semi-arid19
Marrakesh
Morocco
8.6 in
BShHot semi-arid20
Alexandria
Egypt
8.8 in
BShHot semi-arid21
Moab
UT, United States
9.0 in
BSkCold semi-arid22
Gardiner
MT, United States
9.4 in
BSkCold semi-arid23
Scottsdale
AZ, United States
10 in
BWhHot desert24
Cabo San Lucas
Mexico
10 in
BWhHot desert25
Mendoza
Argentina
11 in
BWkCold desert26
Santa Fe
NM, United States
11 in
BSkCold semi-arid27
Yulara
Australia
11 in
BWhHot desert28
Taormina
Italy
11 in
BShHot semi-arid29
Cody
WY, United States
11 in
BSkCold semi-arid30
Amman
Jordan
12 in
BShHot semi-arid31
Tucson
AZ, United States
12 in
BShHot semi-arid32
Los Angeles
CA, United States
12 in
BShHot semi-arid33
Nicosia
Cyprus
12 in
BShHot semi-arid34
Karratha
Australia
12 in
BWhHot desert35
Santiago
Chile
13 in
CsbWarm-summer Mediterranean36
Sedona
AZ, United States
13 in
BSkCold semi-arid37
Tusayan
AZ, United States
13 in
CsbWarm-summer Mediterranean38
Windhoek
Namibia
13 in
BWhHot desert39
Toledo
Spain
13 in
BSkCold semi-arid40
Athens
Greece
14 in
BShHot semi-arid41
Madrid
Spain
14 in
BSkCold semi-arid42
Casablanca
Morocco
14 in
BShHot semi-arid43
Denver
CO, United States
14 in
CfaHumid subtropical44
Boulder
CO, United States
14 in
CfaHumid subtropical45
Jasper
Canada
14 in
DfbWarm-summer humid continental46
Braşov
Romania
14 in
DfbWarm-summer humid continental47
Granada
Spain
14 in
CsaHot-summer Mediterranean48
Oranjestad
Aruba
15 in
BShHot semi-arid49
Valencia
Spain
15 in
BSkCold semi-aridBuilt from 30 years of typical weather (1991-2020). The list is drawn from a curated set of about 300 well-known travel destinations so the ranking reads as recognisable places — you can find any other city through the full directory or the search above. Cities that get more than 15 inches of rain a year are dropped — the list is meant to be genuinely dry places.