Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouadhibou weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Nouadhibou: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakhla (325 km away). In December its highs average 23.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Nouadhibou, with 4.7 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Mauritania, Nouadhibou ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 2 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 2 cities is 25.2°C; Nouadhibou is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.2 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Dakhla in DecemberWestern Sahara · 325 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Nouakchott in DecemberMauritania · 336 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in DecemberSenegal · 518 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in DecemberSenegal · 551 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Louga in DecemberSenegal · 598 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Tivaouane in DecemberSenegal · 666 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Thiès in DecemberSenegal · 684 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in DecemberSenegal · 685 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 1.4 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.