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The driest place in the world, where it is?

 So many places and areas on Earth receive very little rainfall with just less than 1 inch of precipitation throughout the year. But when it comes to the driest place in the world, well, it must be somewhere with almost no rainfall at all, right? Are there any places on the planet that do not get any rain all year round? Yep, there are a few! Keep reading on to know the world’s 5 driest places (measured by rainfall) and see where the driest one is. 

Luxor, Egypt

Seeing a rainfall of 0.862 millimeters (0.034 inches) per year, on average, Luxor - a city in southern Egypt, is known as one of the driest places on the planet. It’s also one of the world’s hottest and sunniest cities with average high temperatures in summers are above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

Summers in Luxor are long and extremely hot while winters are always so short and so warm. Also, the long sunshine duration of about 4,000 hours per year that combines with very low rainfall making Luxor’s climate extremely dry.

Luxor, Egypt - One of the driest place in the world

Aswan, Egypt

Another Egyptian city that also has very dry air is Aswan. This city is situated in the south of Egypt, featuring a hot desert climate like other places in Egypt. Aswan is also known as one of the hottest, sunniest, and of course, driest spots on Earth. 

As compared to Luxor, Aswan has less rainfall with just 0.861 millimeters (0.0388 inches) of average rainfall annually. The summers here are also prolonged and super hot while winters are so brief and super warm. This city’s average relative humidity is just 26% while Luxor’s is 39.9%. That means Luxor is even more humid than Aswan. That’s why this city is considered the No.4 driest place in the world.

Al-Kufrah, Libya

Al-Kufrah, Libya 

Located right in the center of the Sahara Desert, Al-Kufrah, Libya is known as the driest spot in the Africa continent. Throughout the whole year, this place gets only 0.86 millimeters (0.0338 inches) of rainfall on average. 

Al-Kufrah just has a few oases nearby where the underground springs feed people and animals in the area. The main crops grown here are date fruits, peaches, and apricots. 

The Atacama Desert, Chile

Receiving 101.9 millimeters (4 inches) of rainfall every … thousand years, it’s no doubt that the Atacama Desert is one of the driest place in the world. 

The dryness of this area is incomparable to most places on the planet. Located in South America, records show that there has had no significant amount of rainfall received in the Atacama Desert since the 16th century. Some spots in this area even have experienced no rainfall at all. The area is extremely parched the mountains are totally glacier free. 

McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Well, it’s time for us to learn about the driest place in the world. It’s McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica. 

To be honest, it’s truly hard to believe that there is a place getting even less rainfall than the Acatama Desert with just 4 inches of precipitation every 1000 years, isn’t it? But in McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, the rainfall received throughout the year is 0 inches. Shockingly, this area is believed to not get ant rainfall for … millions of years. 

Dry Valleys have almost no humidity available. They also entirely lack ice and snow cover. That’s why this place is considered the driest spot on Earth. 

Roundup

Well, recently, we learned about the 5 driest spots on the planet with interesting facts about their weather and rainfall as well as what makes them so dry. Finally, we knew that McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica is the driest spot in the world, right? That’s all for today’s post. Hope you enjoyed it!

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