Where is it rainy in August?

1,393 major destinations ranked by average August rainfall, from long-term climate normals. Checking whether it's monsoon season somewhere — or dodging the rain entirely? The driest places are on this page too.

Wettest in August: Conakry (943 mm), Cox's Bazar (906 mm) and Mangaluru (764 mm). Driest: Alexandria, Mashhad, Arequipa — jump to the dry list.

The world's wettest destinations in August

• #1
  Conakry

  🇬🇳 Guinea · coastal city break

  August: 943 mm of rain · 27° / 81°F days

  Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 76% of the year's 2,897 mm falls in the three months around August.

• #2
  Cox's Bazar

  🇧🇩 Bangladesh · coastal city break

  August: 906 mm of rain · 29° / 84°F days

  Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 61% of the year's 5,320 mm falls in the three months around July.

• #3
  Mangaluru

  🇮🇳 India · coastal city break

  August: 764 mm of rain · 27° / 81°F days

  Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 72% of the year's 3,615 mm falls in the three months around July.

• #4
  Chattogram (Chittagong)

  🇧🇩 Bangladesh · major coastal city

  August: 732 mm of rain · 29° / 84°F days

  Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 60% of the year's 4,340 mm falls in the three months around July.

• #5
  Angeles City (Clark)

  🇵🇭 Philippines · city break

  August: 608 mm of rain · 28° / 82°F days

  Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 57% of the annual 2,743 mm.

• #6
  Mumbai

  🇮🇳 India · major coastal city

  August: 606 mm of rain · 29° / 84°F days

  Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 79% of the year's 2,509 mm falls in the three months around July.