Sunday, July 31, 2011

Is Mumbai one of the wettest cities in World ???

From the stats, even though people wanted fresh water for their daily life, they have avoided rainiest spots in the world for settlement. Some places which have bucked the trend are given below, If i have missed some cities pls let me know. The criteria is population of above 0.3 million and rainfall of above 2000 mm.

Wettest Cities in the World
  1. Buenaventira, Colombia, Population - 0.30 million, Rainfall - 6780 mm
  2. Monrovia, Liberia, Population - 1.10 million, Rainfall - 5140 mm
  3. Mawlamyine, Burma, Population - 0.53 million, Rainfall - 4880 mm
  4. Baguio, Philippines, Population - 0.32 million, Rainfall - 4570 mm
  5. Sylhet, Bangladesh, Population - 0.47 million, Rainfall - 4520 mm
  6. Kuching, Malaysia, Population - 0.98 million, Rainfall - 4052 mm
  7. Freetown, Sierra Leone, Population - 1.2 million, Rainfall - 3436 mm
Other cities
  1. Mumbai - 2460 mm
  2. Belem - 2439 mm
  3. Quezon City - 2408 mm
  4. Kuala Lumpur - 2394 mm
  5. Singapore - 2272 mm
  6. Colombo - 2240 mm
  7. Hong Kong - 2216 mm

Wettest Cities in India
  1. Mangalore, Population - 0.45 million, Rainfall - 3970 mm
  2. Cochin, Population - 0.65 million, Rainfall - 3300 mm
  3. Calicut, Population - 0.45 million, Rainfall - 3285 mm
  4. Dibrugarh, Population - 1.1 million, Rainfall - 2600 mm
  5. Mumbai, Population - 13.83 million, Rainfall - 2460 mm
  6. Dehradun, Population - 0.57 million, Rainfall - 2300 mm
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6 comments:

  1. sset3:50 PM

    Thanks Pradeep - good statistics on wettest citites.

    some more pointers.

    1. Mumbai always tends to cross an annual rain of 3500mm, hence no longer falls in 2500mm space.

    2. Navi Mumbai - New Bombay is the greenest, largest, planned city of the world. City perhaps could be having around 5 - 10 crores of trees, surrounded by hills [western ghats], lakes, dams, huge gardens, creeks. All this in the wettest place.

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  2. sset3:53 PM

    We wish other cities like Bangalore, Mysore, Chennai, Amdabad, Noida copy/emulate/learn from New Bombay. Much of Navi Mumbai master plan was done by CIDCO - City Industrial Development Cooperation. We are amazed by this.

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  3. Ganesh7:02 PM

    @sset-I dont think mumbai crosses 3500 mm regularly.It crossed 3000 mm last year and most likely will happen this year as well.But otherwise it has happened twice or thrice only.

    Yes but Thane,Navi mumbai and some places even within mumbai might have crossed 3000mm regularly,but i dont think that can be considered.

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  4. Ganesh7:03 PM

    And Pradeep, excellent compilation!!

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  5. ganapathy9:51 AM

    Thanks for the nice information.

    regards,
    rajugana

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  6. Yogi2:17 AM

    Kuching, Malaysia - Pop: 1.1 Million Rainfall: 4200 mm

    Freetown, Sierra Leone - Pop: 1.2 Million, Rainfall - 3400 mm

    Belem, Brazil - Pop: 1.4 Million, Rainfall - 2400 mm

    Would also be considered.

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