Rainfall in Africa · 2022

What country in Africa has the most rainfall?

Sao Tome and Principe has the most rainfall in Africa, with an average of 3,200 mm of precipitation per year.

  1. 2nd Sierra Leone 2,526 mm/year
  2. 1st Sao Tome and Principe 3,200 mm/year
  3. 3rd Liberia 2,391 mm/year
Ranking by mm/year
#CountryShare of #1mm/year
1 Sao Tome and Principe 3,200
2 Sierra Leone 2,526
3 Liberia 2,391
4 Seychelles 2,330
5 Equatorial Guinea 2,156
6 Mauritius 2,041
7 Gabon 1,831
8 Guinea 1,651
9 Republic of the Congo 1,646
10 Cameroon 1,604
11 Guinea-Bissau 1,577
12 DR Congo 1,543
13 Madagascar 1,513
14 Côte d'Ivoire 1,348
15 Central African Republic 1,343
16 Burundi 1,274
17 Rwanda 1,212
18 Ghana 1,187
19 Malawi 1,181
20 Uganda 1,180
21 Togo 1,168
22 Nigeria 1,150
23 Tanzania 1,071
24 Benin 1,039
25 Mozambique 1,032
26 Zambia 1,020
27 Angola 1,010
28 Comoros 900
28 South Sudan 900
30 Ethiopia 848
31 Gambia 836
32 Eswatini 788
32 Lesotho 788
34 Burkina Faso 748
35 Senegal 686
36 Zimbabwe 657
37 Kenya 630
38 South Africa 495
39 Botswana 416
40 Eritrea 384
41 Morocco 346
42 Chad 322
43 Namibia 285
44 Mali 282
44 Somalia 282
46 Sudan 250
47 Cabo Verde 228
48 Djibouti 220
49 Tunisia 207
50 Niger 151
51 Mauritania 92
52 Algeria 89
53 Libya 56
54 Egypt 18

Key facts

Runners-up

Sierra Leone is 2nd and Liberia 3rd in Africa.

Lead

Sao Tome and Principe has 1.3× the figure of Sierra Leone.

Questions

What country in Africa has the most rainfall?

Sao Tome and Principe has the most rainfall in Africa, with an average of 3,200 mm of precipitation per year.

What country in Africa has the second most rainfall?

Sierra Leone ranks second in Africa, with 2,526 mm/year.

How many countries are in this ranking?

54 countries in Africa with data from World Bank (2022). Territories are not ranked.

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