Dakhla weather by month & the best time to visit
🇪🇭 Western Sahara · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Dakhla is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with April and May close behind. Dakhla averages about 3,691 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,691
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 58 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 22°C / 72°F
- Population
- 106k
- Elevation
- 9 m
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When is the best time to visit Dakhla?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Dakhla is January, then April and May. The dullest month is September (88/100, 14 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Dakhla?
Dakhla is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,691 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 12 Sunshine Score points separate January from September. It is the sunnier of the two destinations tracked in Western Sahara. Rain is a non-event in Dakhla — about 58 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 100 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 2 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| February | 99 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 3 mm | 7 | 19° / 66°F |
| March | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 5 mm | 9 | 18° / 64°F |
| April | 100 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 1 mm | 10 | 19° / 66°F |
| May | 100 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 2 mm | 11 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 100 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 1 mm | 10 | 20° / 68°F |
| July | 100 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 0 mm | 10 | 20° / 68°F |
| August | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 5 mm | 10 | 22° / 72°F |
| September | 88 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 14 mm | 9 | 21° / 70°F |
| October | 96 | 30° / 86°F | 19° / 66°F | 20 mm | 8 | 21° / 70°F |
| November | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 3 mm | 6 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 100 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 2 mm | 5 | 20° / 68°F |
Sea temperature in Dakhla by month
The sea off Dakhla is warmest in August at around 22°C / 72°F, and coolest in January at 18°C / 64°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 4 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Gran Canaria Spain · 472 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- Tenerife Spain · 485 km · best in Jun · 2,933 h sun/yr
- Fuerteventura Spain · 565 km · best in Apr · 2,979 h sun/yr
- La Palma Spain · 575 km · best in Jun · 3,075 h sun/yr
- Nouakchott Mauritania · 601 km · best in Jan · 3,619 h sun/yr
- Lanzarote Spain · 626 km · best in Apr · 2,979 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Nouadhibou Mauritania · 330 km · 3,365 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Zouérate Mauritania · 368 km · 3,704 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Laayoune Western Sahara · 468 km · 3,339 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- El Hierro Spain · 496 km · 3,418 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Dakhla compares month by month: Dakhla vs Nouakchott · Dakhla vs Gran Canaria · Dakhla vs Tenerife · Dakhla vs Fuerteventura · all comparisons
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