Rain used to be a state of mind. Cities like Seattle and Manchester pride themselves on being the rainiest in
their respective lands. But are they wrong?
Today, rain is a state of crisis. In the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, 25 inches of rain in a single day this summer claimed dozens of lives. This was in the wake of Germany’s deadliest floods in half a century. Last year, enough rain to fill Loch Ness fell on the UK in 24 hours, the country’s wettest day on record.
The climate crisis has intensified the likelihood of heavy rainfall around the world. To see where it’s falling,
Neomam Studios, on behalf of Budget Direct, has used Climate Data to count the number of rainy days per year (with at least 1 mm of rain or snow) for 64,429 cities around the world.
This new study from Budget Direct reveals the rainiest city in every country around the globe and found that Sighetu Marmatiei is the wettest city in Romania.
Key Findings
- The wettest city in the world is Buenaventura, where it rains 258 days per year.
- Australia’s rainiest city is Cairns in Queensland, with 117 days of precipitation.
- The UK’s wettest city is Londonderry in Northern Ireland (147 days).
- The wettest city in the US is Hilo, Hawaii (211 days).
- The world’s least rainy ‘wettest cities’ are Riffa (Bahrain) and Al Khor (Qatar), with 10 rainy days each.