Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouakchott weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Nouakchott: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Richard-Toll (183 km away). In March its highs average 35.4°C, 4.9°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 March highs and 1st of 2 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 2 cities is 26.8°C; Nouakchott is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Richard-Toll in MarchSenegal · 183 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in MarchSenegal · 236 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Louga in MarchSenegal · 276 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Nouadhibou in MarchMauritania · 336 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Touba in MarchSenegal · 359 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Tivaouane in MarchSenegal · 360 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mbaké in MarchSenegal · 367 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Thiès in MarchSenegal · 380 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.4°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 Nouakchott) is explained once on the Nouakchott year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.