🌊 Rain, By The Metre

Rain is quoted per year. Here it is quoted per lifetime.

A city that gets “2,900 mm a year” means nothing to anyone. The same series, added up instead of averaged, says that since 1981 Singapore has taken a hundred and thirty-two metres of rain — a column of water taller than most of the buildings standing in it. Manama, over the same forty-five years, has had two and a half.

1. 1 🇸🇬 Singapore 132.5 m of rain
2. 2 🇨🇴 Medellín 122.7 m of rain
3. 3 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur 112.1 m of rain
4. 4 🇲🇾 George Town 105 m of rain
5. 5 🇻🇳 Da Nang 94.6 m of rain
6. 6 🇹🇼 Taipei 85 m of rain
7. 7 🇯🇵 Fukuoka 82.5 m of rain
8. 8 🇵🇦 Panama City 82.4 m of rain
9. 9 🇯🇵 Osaka 78.5 m of rain
10. 10 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 74.3 m of rain
11. 🇨🇳 Shenzhen 74.3 m of rain
12. 11 🇮🇩 Denpasar–Canggu 73.9 m of rain
13. 12 🇯🇵 Tokyo 73.5 m of rain
14. 13 🇧🇷 Florianópolis 71.5 m of rain
15. 14 🇨🇷 San José 71.4 m of rain
16. 15 🇨🇭 Zug 68.1 m of rain
17. 16 🇧🇷 São Paulo 66.8 m of rain
18. 17 🇰🇷 Busan 66.3 m of rain
19. 18 🇻🇳 Hanoi 65.5 m of rain
20. 19 🇨🇳 Hangzhou 62.8 m of rain
21. 20 🇺🇸 Miami 62.3 m of rain
22. 21 🇹🇭 Bangkok 61 m of rain
23. 22 🇵🇷 San Juan 60.7 m of rain
24. 23 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 60.6 m of rain
25. 24 🇲🇪 Podgorica 59.7 m of rain
26. 25 🇨🇦 Vancouver 59.2 m of rain
27. 26 🇨🇭 Zurich 58.1 m of rain
28. 27 🇰🇷 Seoul 57.9 m of rain
29. 28 🇺🇸 Seattle 57.1 m of rain
30. 29 🇺🇸 New York 57 m of rain
31. 30 🇹🇭 Chiang Mai 56.4 m of rain
32. 31 🇨🇳 Shanghai 54.8 m of rain
33. 32 🇦🇺 Brisbane 53.6 m of rain
34. 33 🇷🇼 Kigali 53 m of rain
35. 34 🇩🇪 Munich 52.3 m of rain
36. 35 🇨🇭 Geneva 51.5 m of rain
37. 36 🇸🇮 Ljubljana 49.9 m of rain
38. 37 🇺🇾 Montevideo 49.7 m of rain
39. 38 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 49.5 m of rain
40. 39 🇳🇿 Auckland 48.9 m of rain
41. 40 🇨🇳 Hefei 48.8 m of rain
42. 41 🇲🇽 Mérida 46.9 m of rain
43. 42 🇳🇴 Oslo 46.3 m of rain
44. 43 🇵🇹 Porto 46.2 m of rain
45. 44 🇨🇦 Montreal 45.8 m of rain
46. 45 🇮🇹 Milan 45 m of rain
47. 46 🇮🇪 Dublin 44.5 m of rain
48. 47 🇨🇳 Chengdu 44.1 m of rain
49. 48 🇦🇺 Sydney 43.9 m of rain
50. 49 🇪🇸 Bilbao 43.2 m of rain
51. 50 🇭🇷 Zagreb 40.5 m of rain
52. 51 🇭🇷 Split 39 m of rain
53. 🇦🇱 Tirana 39 m of rain
54. 52 🇮🇳 Bangalore 38.9 m of rain
55. 🇰🇾 George Town 38.9 m of rain
56. 53 🇺🇸 Austin 38.3 m of rain
57. 54 🇳🇱 Amsterdam 37.8 m of rain
58. 55 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 37 m of rain
59. 56 🇲🇽 Mexico City 36.2 m of rain
60. 57 🇲🇽 Guadalajara 36 m of rain
61. 58 🇱🇻 Riga 35.8 m of rain
62. 59 🇳🇱 Eindhoven 35.6 m of rain
63. 60 🇧🇪 Brussels 35.4 m of rain
64. 61 🇮🇹 Turin 35 m of rain
65. 62 🇵🇱 Kraków 34.9 m of rain
66. 63 🇹🇷 Antalya 34.8 m of rain
67. 64 🇱🇹 Vilnius 34.5 m of rain
68. 65 🇫🇮 Turku 34.4 m of rain
69. 66 🇦🇺 Melbourne 34.1 m of rain
70. 67 🇮🇹 Rome 33.9 m of rain
71. 68 🇫🇮 Oulu 33.8 m of rain
72. 69 🇫🇮 Helsinki 33.4 m of rain
73. 70 🇧🇧 Bridgetown 33.1 m of rain
74. 71 🇲🇺 Port Louis 32.9 m of rain
75. 72 🇩🇰 Copenhagen 32.6 m of rain
76. 73 🇮🇳 GIFT City 32.5 m of rain
77. 74 🇪🇪 Tallinn 32.3 m of rain
78. 75 🇬🇧 London 32.1 m of rain
79. 76 🇦🇹 Vienna 31.9 m of rain
80. 77 🇦🇺 Perth 31.6 m of rain
81. 78 🇨🇦 Toronto 31.3 m of rain
82. 79 🇩🇪 Frankfurt 31.1 m of rain
83. 80 🇸🇪 Stockholm 30.8 m of rain
84. 81 🇫🇷 Paris 30.7 m of rain
85. 82 🇷🇸 Belgrade 29.3 m of rain
86. 🇧🇬 Sofia 29.3 m of rain
87. 83 🇨🇿 Prague 29.1 m of rain
88. 84 🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca 28.6 m of rain
89. 🇵🇱 Wrocław 28.6 m of rain
90. 85 🇹🇷 Istanbul 28.2 m of rain
91. 🇺🇸 San Francisco 28.2 m of rain
92. 86 🇸🇰 Bratislava 28 m of rain
93. 🇵🇱 Warsaw 28 m of rain
94. 87 🇰🇪 Nairobi 27.5 m of rain
95. 88 🇩🇪 Berlin 27.4 m of rain
96. 89 🇵🇹 Lisbon 26.4 m of rain
97. 90 🇭🇺 Budapest 26.3 m of rain
98. 91 🇷🇴 Bucharest 24.7 m of rain
99. 92 🇲🇹 Valletta 24.3 m of rain
100. 93 🇨🇦 Calgary 24.1 m of rain
101. 94 🇪🇸 Barcelona 23.7 m of rain
102. 95 🇪🇸 Palma 22.2 m of rain
103. 96 🇿🇦 Cape Town 22 m of rain
104. 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki 22 m of rain
105. 97 🇪🇸 Málaga 21.5 m of rain
106. 98 🇬🇷 Athens 21.4 m of rain
107. 99 🇪🇸 Madrid 20.6 m of rain
108. 100 🇰🇿 Almaty 20.2 m of rain
109. 101 🇬🇪 Tbilisi 17.9 m of rain
110. 102 🇪🇸 Valencia 17.8 m of rain
111. 103 🇨🇾 Paphos 17.5 m of rain
112. 104 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 17 m of rain
113. 105 🇨🇾 Limassol 16.9 m of rain
114. 106 🇰🇿 Astana 16 m of rain
115. 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv 16 m of rain
116. 107 🇨🇾 Nicosia 15.8 m of rain
117. 108 🇵🇹 Funchal 15.5 m of rain
118. 109 🇦🇲 Yerevan 13.7 m of rain
119. 110 🇨🇱 Santiago 13.3 m of rain
120. 111 🇴🇲 Muscat 8.1 m of rain
121. 112 🇪🇸 Las Palmas 7 m of rain
122. 113 🇦🇪 Ras Al Khaimah 6 m of rain
123. 114 🇦🇪 Dubai 4.8 m of rain
124. 115 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 4 m of rain
125. 116 🇶🇦 Doha 2.7 m of rain
126. 117 🇧🇭 Manama 2.6 m of rain

A ranking of evidence, not of worth — the winner is invited to wear it proudly. Compare any two contenders head-to-head.