Which country in Asia has the most rain and snow?

Malaysia has the most rain and snow in Asia: 2,875 mm a year (2022). Next come Brunei (2,722 mm a year) and Indonesia (2,702 mm a year).

Which country in Asia has the least rain and snow?

Saudi Arabia, with 59 mm a year (2022).

What is the typical precipitation of a country in Asia?

The median of the 47 countries in Asia is 645 mm a year: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Average rain and snow in a year over the whole country, in millimetres — a long-term average, not one year’s weather. Source: World Bank, mostly 2022. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Asia by precipitation

Average rain and snow in a year over the whole country, in millimetres — a long-term average, not one year’s weather. 47 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2022

See it on the map

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Highest

2,875

Malaysia

Median country

645

half above, half below

Lowest

Saudi Arabia

Countries in Asia by precipitation, World Bank, mostly 2022
#	Country	mm a year	Year	Region
1	Malaysia	2,875	2022	South-Eastern Asia
2	Brunei	2,722	2022	South-Eastern Asia
3	Indonesia	2,702	2022	South-Eastern Asia
4	Bangladesh	2,666	2022	Southern Asia
5	Singapore	2,497	2022	South-Eastern Asia
6	Philippines	2,348	2022	South-Eastern Asia
7	Bhutan	2,200	2022	Southern Asia
8	Myanmar	2,091	2022	South-Eastern Asia
9	Maldives	1,972	2022	Southern Asia
10	Cambodia	1,904	2022	South-Eastern Asia
11	Laos	1,834	2022	South-Eastern Asia
12	Vietnam	1,821	2022	South-Eastern Asia
13	Sri Lanka	1,712	2022	Southern Asia
14	Japan	1,668	2022	Eastern Asia
15	Thailand	1,622	2022	South-Eastern Asia
=16	Nepal	1,500	2022	Southern Asia
=16	Timor-Leste	1,500	2022	South-Eastern Asia
18	South Korea	1,274	2022	Eastern Asia
19	India	1,083	2022	Southern Asia
20	North Korea	1,054	2022	Eastern Asia
21	Georgia	1,026	2022	Western Asia
22	Tajikistan	691	2022	Central Asia
23	Lebanon	661	2022	Western Asia
24	China	645	2022	Eastern Asia
25	Turkey	593	2022	Western Asia
26	Armenia	562	2022	Western Asia
27	Kyrgyzstan	533	2022	Central Asia
28	Cyprus	498	2022	Western Asia
29	Pakistan	494	2022	Southern Asia
30	Azerbaijan	447	2022	Western Asia
31	Israel	435	2021	Western Asia
32	Afghanistan	327	2022	Southern Asia
33	Syria	252	2022	Western Asia
34	Kazakhstan	250	2022	Central Asia
35	Mongolia	241	2022	Eastern Asia
36	Iran	228	2022	Southern Asia
37	Iraq	216	2022	Western Asia
38	Uzbekistan	206	2022	Central Asia
39	Yemen	167	2022	Western Asia
40	Turkmenistan	161	2022	Central Asia
41	Oman	125	2022	Western Asia
42	Kuwait	121	2022	Western Asia
43	Jordan	111	2022	Western Asia
44	Bahrain	83	2022	Western Asia
45	United Arab Emirates	78	2022	Western Asia
46	Qatar	74	2022	Western Asia
47	Saudi Arabia	59	2022	Western Asia

No World Bank figure for Taiwan.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	mm a year	Status
Palestine	402	Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Asia has the most rain and snow?: Malaysia has the most rain and snow in Asia: 2,875 mm a year (2022). Next come Brunei (2,722 mm a year) and Indonesia (2,702 mm a year).
Which country in Asia has the least rain and snow?: Saudi Arabia, with 59 mm a year (2022).
What is the typical precipitation of a country in Asia?: The median of the 47 countries in Asia is 645 mm a year: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: Average rain and snow in a year over the whole country, in millimetres — a long-term average, not one year’s weather. Source: World Bank, mostly 2022. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 10 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.