Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouadhibou weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Nouadhibou: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakhla (325 km away). In October its highs average 27.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Nouadhibou, with 3.4 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Mauritania, Nouadhibou ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 2 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 2 cities is 30.6°C; Nouadhibou is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.1 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dakhla in OctoberWestern Sahara · 325 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Nouakchott in OctoberMauritania · 336 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Richard-Toll in OctoberSenegal · 518 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in OctoberSenegal · 551 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Louga in OctoberSenegal · 598 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Tivaouane in OctoberSenegal · 666 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Thiès in OctoberSenegal · 684 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in OctoberSenegal · 685 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 35 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.