Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouakchott weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 5th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Nouakchott: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Richard-Toll (183 km away). In April its highs average 37.6°C, 5.9°C warmer than Nouakchott, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 2 cities listed in Mauritania, Nouakchott ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 2 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 2 cities is 27.4°C; Nouakchott is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Nouakchott climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 2.2 | 0.3 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| March | 30.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 31.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.513 h |
| May | 33.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| June | 33.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| July | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 13.113 h |
| August | 31.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 13 | 2.4 | 12.713 h |
| September | 33.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 18 | 2.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 6.4 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 31.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.311 h |
| December | 28.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 4.0 | 0.3 | 11.111 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
April in nearby cities
- Richard-Toll in AprilSenegal · 183 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in AprilSenegal · 236 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Louga in AprilSenegal · 276 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Nouadhibou in AprilMauritania · 336 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Touba in AprilSenegal · 359 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Tivaouane in AprilSenegal · 360 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Mbaké in AprilSenegal · 367 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Thiès in AprilSenegal · 380 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 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 Nouakchott) is explained once on the Nouakchott year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.