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Top 5 driest places on Earth (lowest average rainfall)

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The 5 driest places on Earth (lowest average rainfall) by mean annual precipitation: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, and more.

Snapshot · 2026-09-23

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  1. 1

    McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

    ~0 mm/yr

  2. 2

    Quillagua, Atacama Desert, Chile

    ~0.5 mm/yr

  3. 3

    Arica, Chile

    ~0.76 mm/yr

  4. 4

    Al Kufrah, Libya

    ~0.86 mm/yr

  5. 5

    Aswan, Egypt

    ~0.86 mm/yr