Places with the Most Rainfall
Places With The Most Rainfall is a structured geography dataset with 16 entries. Its fields include Place, Country, 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
- 6 columns
- Source
- Not provided
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Place, Country, Annual Rainfall (mm), Elevation (m), Climate, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Annual Rainfall (mm) range
- 3,221 to 12,717
- Across 16 preview rows
- Elevation (m) range
- 4 to 3,099
- Across 16 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Place, Country, and Annual Rainfall (mm) across geography entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 16 downloadable records
Place↕ | Country↕ | Annual Rainfall (mm)↕ | Elevation (m)↕ | Climate↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mawsynram | India | 11,872 | 1,400 | Subtropical highland monsoon | Holds Guinness record as wettest place on Earth, Khasi Hills village in Meghalaya |
| Cherrapunji | India | 11,777 | 1,484 | Subtropical highland monsoon | Former wettest place, living root bridges, held world record of 26470 mm in 1861 |
| Tutunendo | Colombia | 11,770 | 90 | Tropical rainforest | Choco department village, recorded 26303 mm in a single year |
| Cropp River | New Zealand | 11,516 | 975 | Oceanic | West Coast of South Island, Southern Alps orographic rainfall |
| San Antonio de Ureca | Equatorial Guinea | 10,450 | 50 | Tropical rainforest | Bioko Island, wettest place in Africa, leatherback turtle nesting |
| Debundscha | Cameroon | 10,299 | 9 | Tropical monsoon | Base of Mount Cameroon, second wettest place in Africa |
| Big Bog | United States | 10,272 | 1,641 | Tropical rainforest | Maui Hawaii, wettest place in USA, on slopes of Haleakala |
| Mount Waialeale | United States | 9,763 | 1,569 | Tropical rainforest | Kauai Hawaii, once considered wettest spot on Earth, rainy up to 350 days a year |
| Kukui | United States | 9,293 | 1,700 | Tropical | Maui Puu Kukui peak, West Maui Mountains |
| Emeishan | China | 8,169 | 3,099 | Subtropical monsoon | Sacred Buddhist mountain in Sichuan, UNESCO World Heritage |
| Henderson Lake | Canada | 6,903 | 4 | Oceanic | Vancouver Island BC, wettest place in North America |
| Lloro | Colombia | 12,717 | 70 | Tropical rainforest | Unofficially the wettest inhabited town per some estimates, Choco rainforest |
| Quibdo | Colombia | 8,130 | 43 | Tropical rainforest | Capital of Choco, Atrato River, one of wettest cities in world |
| Bellenden Ker | Australia | 8,312 | 1,561 | Tropical rainforest | Queensland wet tropics, Australia's wettest recorded spot |
| Tavoy | Myanmar | 5,382 | 10 | Tropical monsoon | Tanintharyi coast, heavy southwest monsoon rainfall |
| Hilo | United States | 3,221 | 11 | Tropical rainforest | Big Island Hawaii, wettest city in USA by population, rain 272 days per year |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Places with the Most Rainfall organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
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This dataset contains 16 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
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