Places with the Most Rainfall
Place↕ | Country↕ | Annual Rainfall (mm)↕ | Elevation (m)↕ | Climate↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mawsynram | India | 11,872 | 1,400 | Subtropical highland monsoon | Holds Guinness record as wettest place on Earth, Khasi Hills village in Meghalaya |
| Cherrapunji | India | 11,777 | 1,484 | Subtropical highland monsoon | Former wettest place, living root bridges, held world record of 26470 mm in 1861 |
| Tutunendo | Colombia | 11,770 | 90 | Tropical rainforest | Choco department village, recorded 26303 mm in a single year |
| Cropp River | New Zealand | 11,516 | 975 | Oceanic | West Coast of South Island, Southern Alps orographic rainfall |
| San Antonio de Ureca | Equatorial Guinea | 10,450 | 50 | Tropical rainforest | Bioko Island, wettest place in Africa, leatherback turtle nesting |
| Debundscha | Cameroon | 10,299 | 9 | Tropical monsoon | Base of Mount Cameroon, second wettest place in Africa |
| Big Bog | United States | 10,272 | 1,641 | Tropical rainforest | Maui Hawaii, wettest place in USA, on slopes of Haleakala |
| Mount Waialeale | United States | 9,763 | 1,569 | Tropical rainforest | Kauai Hawaii, once considered wettest spot on Earth, rainy up to 350 days a year |
| Kukui | United States | 9,293 | 1,700 | Tropical | Maui Puu Kukui peak, West Maui Mountains |
| Emeishan | China | 8,169 | 3,099 | Subtropical monsoon | Sacred Buddhist mountain in Sichuan, UNESCO World Heritage |
| Henderson Lake | Canada | 6,903 | 4 | Oceanic | Vancouver Island BC, wettest place in North America |
| Lloro | Colombia | 12,717 | 70 | Tropical rainforest | Unofficially the wettest inhabited town per some estimates, Choco rainforest |
| Quibdo | Colombia | 8,130 | 43 | Tropical rainforest | Capital of Choco, Atrato River, one of wettest cities in world |
| Bellenden Ker | Australia | 8,312 | 1,561 | Tropical rainforest | Queensland wet tropics, Australia's wettest recorded spot |
| Tavoy | Myanmar | 5,382 | 10 | Tropical monsoon | Tanintharyi coast, heavy southwest monsoon rainfall |
| Hilo | United States | 3,221 | 11 | Tropical rainforest | Big Island Hawaii, wettest city in USA by population, rain 272 days per year |
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