Nouadhibou weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇷 Mauritania · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Nouadhibou is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with February and March close behind. Nouadhibou averages about 3,365 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,365
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 41 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 25°C / 77°F
- Population
- 146k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Nouadhibou?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Nouadhibou is January, then February and March. The dullest month is October (96/100, 16 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Nouadhibou?
Nouadhibou is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,365 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 3 Sunshine Score points separate January from October. It ranks #3 of 3 destinations in Mauritania for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,619 hours. Rain is a non-event in Nouadhibou — about 41 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 99 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 2 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| February | 99 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 1 mm | 8 | 20° / 68°F |
| March | 99 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 1 mm | 10 | 20° / 68°F |
| April | 99 | 26° / 79°F | 16° / 61°F | 1 mm | 11 | 20° / 68°F |
| May | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 17° / 63°F | 1 mm | 11 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 99 | 29° / 84°F | 18° / 64°F | 0 mm | 10 | 20° / 68°F |
| July | 99 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 10 | 22° / 72°F |
| August | 98 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 5 mm | 10 | 25° / 77°F |
| September | 98 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 8 mm | 9 | 23° / 73°F |
| October | 96 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 16 mm | 8 | 22° / 72°F |
| November | 99 | 26° / 79°F | 17° / 63°F | 3 mm | 7 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 99 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 2 mm | 6 | 20° / 68°F |
Sea temperature in Nouadhibou by month
The sea off Nouadhibou is warmest in August at around 25°C / 77°F, and coolest in January at 18°C / 64°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 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
- Nouakchott Mauritania · 312 km · best in Jan · 3,619 h sun/yr
- Dakhla Western Sahara · 330 km · best in Jan · 3,691 h sun/yr
- Dakar Senegal · 696 km · best in Feb · 3,053 h sun/yr
- Espargos Cape Verde · 778 km · best in Apr · 2,997 h sun/yr
- Tenerife Spain · 792 km · best in Jun · 2,933 h sun/yr
- Gran Canaria Spain · 796 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Zouérate Mauritania · 511 km · 3,704 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- El Hierro Spain · 770 km · 3,418 h sun/yr · best in May
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