Which country in Europe has the most rain and snow?

Iceland has the most rain and snow in Europe: 1,940 mm a year (2022). Next come Switzerland (1,537 mm a year) and Albania (1,485 mm a year).

Which country in Europe has the least rain and snow?

Moldova, with 450 mm a year (2022).

What is the typical precipitation of a country in Europe?

The median of the 37 countries in Europe is 700 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, 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 Europe by precipitation

Average rain and snow in a year over the whole country, in millimetres — a long-term average, not one year’s weather. 37 countries in Europe, highest first. World Bank, 2022

See it on the map

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Highest

1,940

Iceland

Median country

700

half above, half below

Lowest

450

Moldova

Countries in Europe by precipitation, World Bank, 2022
#	Country	mm a year	Region
1	Iceland	1,940	Northern Europe
2	Switzerland	1,537	Western Europe
3	Albania	1,485	Southern Europe
4	Norway	1,414	Northern Europe
5	United Kingdom	1,220	Northern Europe
6	Slovenia	1,162	Southern Europe
7	Ireland	1,118	Northern Europe
8	Croatia	1,113	Southern Europe
9	Austria	1,110	Western Europe
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,028	Southern Europe
11	Luxembourg	934	Western Europe
12	France	867	Western Europe
13	Portugal	854	Southern Europe
14	Belgium	847	Western Europe
15	Italy	832	Southern Europe
16	Slovakia	824	Eastern Europe
17	Netherlands	778	Western Europe
18	Denmark	703	Northern Europe
19	Germany	700	Western Europe
20	Czechia	677	Eastern Europe
21	Latvia	667	Northern Europe
22	Lithuania	656	Northern Europe
23	Greece	652	Southern Europe
24	Romania	637	Eastern Europe
25	Spain	636	Southern Europe
26	Estonia	626	Northern Europe
27	Sweden	624	Northern Europe
28	North Macedonia	619	Southern Europe
29	Belarus	618	Eastern Europe
30	Bulgaria	608	Eastern Europe
31	Poland	600	Eastern Europe
32	Hungary	589	Eastern Europe
33	Ukraine	565	Eastern Europe
34	Malta	560	Southern Europe
35	Finland	536	Northern Europe
36	Russia	460	Eastern Europe
37	Moldova	450	Eastern Europe

No World Bank figure for 7 countries: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Serbia, Vatican City.

Questions

Which country in Europe has the most rain and snow?: Iceland has the most rain and snow in Europe: 1,940 mm a year (2022). Next come Switzerland (1,537 mm a year) and Albania (1,485 mm a year).
Which country in Europe has the least rain and snow?: Moldova, with 450 mm a year (2022).
What is the typical precipitation of a country in Europe?: The median of the 37 countries in Europe is 700 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, 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.