CURATED PLAYLIST

Driest Cities on the Map

Twelve of the pool’s driest cities by annual precipitation, from Antofagasta at 4.4mm up to Khartoum at 120.4mm — a fraction of what most of the other 255 cities receive in a year. Desert climates that still support millions of people.

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Urban Dossier

Clues 1/6

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Mean Annual Temp
17.1°C
Annual PM2.5ModerateBottom 50% of 255
14µg/m³
Moderate
Cryptic Clue

A giant iron hand reaches up from the sand along the highway south of downtown, palm open to a sky that almost never rains. Nitrate first, then copper, and now the brine metal every battery wants — a port that has lived off one desert mineral at a time for over a century.

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Climate Baseline & Air Quality

Annual Rainfall
4.4mm/yr
ElevationLowland PlainBottom 30% of 255
40m
Peak Smog Season
Year-round mining and port-loading dust under persistent coastal desert aridity
12-Month Annual Cycle
Baseline Temp (°C) Rain (mm)
30°0°80mm0mmJFMAMJJASOND