Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouadhibou weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Nouadhibou: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakhla (325 km away). In April its highs average 23.6°C, 0.5°C warmer than Nouadhibou, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Mauritania, Nouadhibou ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 2 cities is 27.4°C; Nouadhibou is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Nouadhibou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 3.2 | 0.5 | 11.011 h |
| February | 22.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| March | 23.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.613 h |
| May | 23.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 25.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| July | 25.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| August | 26.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 2.2 | 0.2 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 26.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 4.1 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 11.211 h |
| December | 22.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 10.911 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Dakhla in AprilWestern Sahara · 325 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Nouakchott in AprilMauritania · 336 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in AprilSenegal · 518 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in AprilSenegal · 551 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Louga in AprilSenegal · 598 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Tivaouane in AprilSenegal · 666 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Thiès in AprilSenegal · 684 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in AprilSenegal · 685 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 0 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Nouadhibou) is explained once on the Nouadhibou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.