Nouakchott weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇷 Mauritania · coastal city break · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Nouakchott is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with February and April close behind. Nouakchott averages about 3,619 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
- 3,619
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 106 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 1.2M
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Nouakchott?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Nouakchott is January, then February and April. The dullest month is August (94/100, 32 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Nouakchott?
Nouakchott is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,619 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 6 Sunshine Score points separate January from August. It ranks #2 of 3 destinations in Mauritania for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 3,619 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 74% of the year's 106 mm falls in the three months around September.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 100 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 2 mm | 7 | 20° / 68°F |
| February | 100 | 24° / 75°F | 16° / 61°F | 2 mm | 8 | 21° / 70°F |
| March | 99 | 25° / 77°F | 18° / 64°F | 7 mm | 10 | 21° / 70°F |
| April | 100 | 25° / 77°F | 18° / 64°F | 1 mm | 11 | 22° / 72°F |
| May | 100 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 0 mm | 11 | 23° / 73°F |
| June | 100 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 1 mm | 10 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 98 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 13 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| August | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 32 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 94 | 31° / 88°F | 26° / 79°F | 32 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 97 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 14 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| November | 100 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 2 mm | 8 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 100 | 25° / 77°F | 18° / 64°F | 0 mm | 7 | 21° / 70°F |
Sea temperature in Nouakchott by month
The sea off Nouakchott is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in January at 20°C / 68°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 11 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
- Dakar Senegal · 421 km · best in Feb · 3,053 h sun/yr
- Serekunda Gambia · 558 km · best in Jan · 3,054 h sun/yr
- Dakhla Western Sahara · 601 km · best in Jan · 3,691 h sun/yr
- Espargos Cape Verde · 760 km · best in Apr · 2,997 h sun/yr
- Rabil Cape Verde · 774 km · best in Apr · 2,997 h sun/yr
- Praia Cape Verde · 884 km · best in May · 3,097 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Nouadhibou Mauritania · 312 km · 3,365 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Zouérate Mauritania · 613 km · 3,704 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Ziguinchor Senegal · 641 km · 2,861 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Nouakchott compares month by month: Nouakchott vs Dakar · Nouakchott vs Serekunda · Nouakchott vs Dakhla · all comparisons
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