Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouadhibou weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Nouadhibou: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakhla (325 km away). In February its highs average 22.7°C, about as warm as Nouadhibou, with 1.9 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Mauritania, Nouadhibou ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 2 cities is 25.4°C; Nouadhibou is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 1.6 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Dakhla in FebruaryWestern Sahara · 325 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Nouakchott in FebruaryMauritania · 336 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in FebruarySenegal · 518 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in FebruarySenegal · 551 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Louga in FebruarySenegal · 598 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Tivaouane in FebruarySenegal · 666 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Thiès in FebruarySenegal · 684 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in FebruarySenegal · 685 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.3°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.