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Emei Shan, China - Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 8,169 mm.
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Kukui-Maui, HI, USA - Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 9,293 mm.
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Mt Waialeale-Kauai, HI, USA
- Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 9,763 mm.
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Debundscha, Cameroon
- Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 10,299 mm.
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Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea - Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 10,450 mm.
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Cropp River, New Zealand
- Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 11,516 mm.
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Tutunendo, Colombia
- Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 11,770 mm.
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Cherrapunji, India
- Wettest - Actually, the world's second-most saturated spot. Average annual rainfall: 11,777 mm.
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Mawsynram, India
- Wettest - This is officially the wettest place in the world.
Average annual rainfall: 11,871 mm.
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Lloró, Colombia - Wettest - Unofficially the second-wettest place on Earth. Average annual rainfall recorded between 1952 and 1989: 12,717 mm.
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López de Micay, Colombia - Wettest - Unofficially the wettest place on the planet. Average annual rainfall recorded between 1960 and 2012: 12,892 mm.
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Death Valley, CA, USA
- Driest - Average annual rainfall: 25 mm, as per the National Park Service.
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Aoulef, Algeria - Driest - Annual average rainfall: 12.19 mm.
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Pelican Point, Namibia - Driest - Average annual rainfall: 8.13 mm.
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Iquique, Chile - Driest - Average annual rainfall: 5.08 mm.
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Wādī Ḥalfā, Sudan
- Driest - Average annual rainfall: 2.45 mm.
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Ica, Peru
- Driest - Average annual rainfall: 2.29 mm.
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Luxor, Egypt - Driest - Average annual rainfall: 0.862 mm.
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Aswan, Egypt - Driest - Average annual rainfall: 0.861 mm.
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Kufra, Libya
- Driest - Average annual rainfall: 0.860 mm.
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Arica, Chile - Driest - This is the driest inhabited place in the world. Average annual rainfall: 0.761 mm.
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Atacama Desert, Chile
- Driest - This is the driest nonpolar place in the world, according to Our Planet.
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McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
- Driest - This is the driest place on the planet. Average annual rainfall: 0 mm. See also: These abandoned locations have been reclaimed by Mother Nature
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The wettest and the driest places on the planet
Where in the world does it rain and pour?
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Where are the wettest places on the planet? And where on Earth are the driest?
Click through the gallery and be surprised at how much—and how little—rain some places receive.
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