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
Buenaventira, Colombia, Population - 0.30 million, Rainfall - 6780 mm
Monrovia, Liberia, Population - 1.10 million, Rainfall - 5140 mm
Mawlamyine, Burma, Population - 0.53 million, Rainfall - 4880 mm
Baguio, Philippines, Population - 0.32 million, Rainfall - 4570 mm
Sylhet, Bangladesh, Population - 0.47 million, Rainfall - 4520 mm
Kuching, Malaysia, Population - 0.98 million, Rainfall - 4052 mm
Freetown, Sierra Leone, Population - 1.2 million, Rainfall - 3436 mm
Other cities
Mumbai - 2460 mm
Belem - 2439 mm
Quezon City - 2408 mm
Kuala Lumpur - 2394 mm
Singapore - 2272 mm
Colombo - 2240 mm
Hong Kong - 2216 mm
Wettest Cities in India
Mangalore, Population - 0.45 million, Rainfall - 3970 mm
Cochin, Population - 0.65 million, Rainfall - 3300 mm
Calicut, Population - 0.45 million, Rainfall - 3285 mm
Dibrugarh, Population - 1.1 million, Rainfall - 2600 mm
Mumbai, Population - 13.83 million, Rainfall - 2460 mm
Dehradun, Population - 0.57 million, Rainfall - 2300 mm
Chennai - NO sea breeze yet! 3:15pm... these cloud formation will get heavier if Sea breeze sets in now and Chennai will get a Strong shower
RT @aktiwary: Cc. @weatherofindia RT @sanjaybafna: Raining heavily in south mumbai, Water Login at Grant Rd, Mumbai Central Maratha Mandir.
Chennai - Cloud formation getting heavy now 3:10pm over S,S-W Chennai as well... showers expected soon !
RT @drjagadesh: @weatherofindia Strong drizzle in chetpet, chennai
RT @drjagadesh: @weatherofindia Rain in chetpet, chennai now 2:50pm
Chennai - a strong drizzle is sweeping across N,N-W. Chennai suburbs and crossing into Sea 2:43pm
RT @josv555: Good rain in Kerala from the morning onwards. (12:39pm)
RT @zuluupadhyay: Heavy Rain in Mumbai. lot of water everywhere. feel good. but ..... save the others. (1:54pm)
RT @shanpati: @weatherofindia Been out since morning. . . And the rains in Mumbai are just crazy crazy crazya. . .
Chennai - a drizzle may sweep across N-W and N.suburbs in another 30min
RT @thesvt: Over 300mm rains in Mumbai for last 3 days. Good news is that lakes r filling-up fast & rains should ease from tomorrow
V.Velocity is also high along entire Maharastra, Karnataka and S.Gujarat coast .. http://ow.ly/i/f5YH
Today V.velocity is very high along N. Tamilnadu (ncluding Chennai) and over S. Andhra .. That mean 95 percent chance of evening T.shower
Today a weak UAC can be seen over N.Bay and over S-W Rajasthan and S.Pakistan ... http://ow.ly/i/f5Yj
Chennai - 11:48am, today again having a high cloud cover from the dead thunder cell moved in from Bay.. Had some mild drizzles in morning.!