what is the driest national capital of the world?

Question

all of the national capitals by precipitation

Answer 1

Id guess its Cairo, Egypt. I think they get 2 inches a year if its a wet year.

Answer 2

It is most certainly Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Though other dry capitals are:

-Gaberone (Botswana)
-Ulan Baatar (Mongolia)
-N'Djamenia (Chad)

Interestingly, the Times reported that London is one of the driest capitals in the world, though the most be refering to availability of water per person:

"London is one of the driest capital cities in the world, with rainfall similar to Barcelona and available water per head equivalent to that in Israel." -http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2016074,00.html

Water availability stat by country: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_wat_ava-environment-water-availability

Here is a statistic which gives the perrcipitation in each country's largest city: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/geo_pre-geography-precipitation

According to this stat, Lima Peru is the driest, but I hardly think that's the case. I don't see Saudi Arabia on this graph either.

To the fellow below: Almaty is no longer the capital of Kazakhstan; It is now Astana

Answer 3

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Answer 4

tashkent

Answer 5

it can be Al-Kuwait.