Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouadhibou weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Nouadhibou: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakhla (325 km away). In March its highs average 23.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Nouadhibou, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Mauritania, Nouadhibou ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 2 cities is 26.8°C; Nouadhibou is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.6 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Dakhla in MarchWestern Sahara · 325 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Nouakchott in MarchMauritania · 336 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in MarchSenegal · 518 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in MarchSenegal · 551 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Louga in MarchSenegal · 598 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Tivaouane in MarchSenegal · 666 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Thiès in MarchSenegal · 684 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in MarchSenegal · 685 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.2 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.