Driest Places on Earth
Driest Places On Earth is a structured geography dataset with 16 entries. Its fields include Place, Country/Region, Annual Rainfall (mm). The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 16 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Not provided
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Place, Country/Region, Annual Rainfall (mm), Type, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Annual Rainfall (mm) range
- 0 to 100
- Across 16 preview rows
- Country/Region groups
- 10 distinct values
- Across 16 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Place, Country/Region, and Annual Rainfall (mm) across geography entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 16 downloadable records
Place↕ | Country/Region↕ | Annual Rainfall (mm)↕ | Type↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMurdo Dry Valleys | Antarctica | 0 | Polar desert | Considered driest place on Earth, no rain for nearly 2 million years in some spots, NASA Mars analog |
| Arica | Chile | 1 | Coastal desert | Driest inhabited city, averaged 0.76 mm/year, Atacama Desert coast |
| Al-Kufrah | Libya | 1 | Hot desert | Sahara oasis town, among driest inhabited places, 0.86 mm/year |
| Aswan | Egypt | 1 | Hot desert | Upper Egypt on the Nile, Nubian Desert climate, essentially rainless |
| Luxor | Egypt | 1 | Hot desert | Valley of the Kings, less than 1 mm annually, hyper-arid |
| Ica | Peru | 3 | Coastal desert | Huacachina oasis, sand dunes, Nazca Lines nearby |
| Wadi Halfa | Sudan | 2 | Hot desert | Lake Nubia, temperatures hit 53C, Nubian Desert |
| Iquique | Chile | 3 | Coastal desert | Atacama port city, camanchaca fog, nitrate boomtown history |
| Pelican Point | Namibia | 8 | Coastal desert | Walvis Bay area, Namib Desert, Benguela current keeps it dry |
| Death Valley | United States | 60 | Subtropical desert | Badwater Basin, hottest air temperature ever recorded (56.7C), Mojave |
| Calama | Chile | 5 | High desert | Near Chuquicamata copper mine, 22 years with no rainfall on record |
| Cairo | Egypt | 24 | Hot desert | Largest city in Arab world in a desert, Nile keeps it livable |
| Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 100 | Hot desert | Capital of Saudi Arabia on Najd plateau, Arabian desert |
| Dakhla Oasis | Egypt | 1 | Hot desert | Western Desert oasis, fossilized whales nearby, 0.3 mm/year |
| Pica | Chile | 1 | High desert | Atacama oasis town, famous lemons grown from ancient springs |
| Turpan | China | 16 | Cold desert | Xinjiang depression, second-lowest point in China, grape valley |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Driest Places on Earth organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 16 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
Can I download the complete dataset?
Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 16 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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