Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouakchott weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Nouakchott: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Richard-Toll (183 km away). In August its highs average 34.9°C, 3.2°C warmer than Nouakchott, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Mauritania, Nouakchott ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 2 cities is 29.2°C; Nouakchott is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Richard-Toll in AugustSenegal · 183 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in AugustSenegal · 236 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Louga in AugustSenegal · 276 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Nouadhibou in AugustMauritania · 336 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Touba in AugustSenegal · 359 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Tivaouane in AugustSenegal · 360 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Mbaké in AugustSenegal · 367 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Thiès in AugustSenegal · 380 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 146 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.