Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouadhibou weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Nouadhibou: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakhla (325 km away). In January its highs average 22.2°C, 0.5°C warmer than Nouadhibou, with 3.6 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Mauritania, Nouadhibou ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 2 cities is 24.1°C; Nouadhibou is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.2 mm to 1.0 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dakhla in JanuaryWestern Sahara · 325 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Nouakchott in JanuaryMauritania · 336 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in JanuarySenegal · 518 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in JanuarySenegal · 551 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Louga in JanuarySenegal · 598 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Tivaouane in JanuarySenegal · 666 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Thiès in JanuarySenegal · 684 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in JanuarySenegal · 685 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 2.0 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.