Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouadhibou weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Nouadhibou: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakhla (325 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, 1.5°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 August highs and 1st of 2 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 2 cities is 29.2°C; Nouadhibou is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 2.4 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Dakhla in AugustWestern Sahara · 325 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Nouakchott in AugustMauritania · 336 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in AugustSenegal · 518 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in AugustSenegal · 551 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Louga in AugustSenegal · 598 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Tivaouane in AugustSenegal · 666 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Thiès in AugustSenegal · 684 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in AugustSenegal · 685 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 146 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.